His manufacturing company was sold in 1911 to Deere & Company, which continues to operate the factory as John Deere Horicon Works, producing consumer products including lawn tractors.
[1] Horicon Bank's motto is "The Natural Choice"[2] a nod to the importance of nature as the bank's main office is located by the Horicon Marsh, the largest freshwater cattail marsh in the United States.
Robert Barney became president in 1960, but the ownership structure changed five years later when Barney and local industrialists purchased the Wilcox family's share, which at that time owned the Horicon Bank.
In the upcoming years, these local industrialists served as the presidents for fixed tenures.
[7] Horicon Bank offers consumers and institutions a broad range of banking products and financial services to corporate and retail customers such as checking accounts, savings accounts, mortgages, personal loans, business loans, CDs, credit cards, debit cards, and trust accounts.