Fahey Bank

The Fahey Bank was founded in 1865, the year the Civil War ended, by Timothy Fahey. He had a general store and added a bank, by painting The Bank of Ireland on the wall safe in the store. Tim Fahey built his bank by investing in all who were striving for better. He invested in the farmers in the area by letting them wait until harvest time to pay for the goods from his store. When they came in after harvest to pay him back, they often left their extra funds on deposit with his bank. Fahey also saw value in the immigrants that lived in the labor camp outside of town, who came to America to strive for a better life for the lives that would follow beyond their own. And Fahey believed in the entrepreneurs popping up out of Edward Hubers companies, who strove for better technology that would make the Panama Canal possible. Today, Fahey Bank is still rooted in Marion in the same location where Faheys general store once stood. What started with a promise of a handshake and bank note...