On January 7, 1918, the Northern Montana Bank opened a brand new building in Big Sandy. The new building was erected on the site currently occupied by the Glacier Bank in Big Sandy. There has been a bank on the corner of Main Street in Big Sandy for 108 years last week.
The bank itself predated the new building by several years. In 1910, Big Sandy was growing rapidly, aided by land grant programs for homesteaders. In addition, a number of businesses had sprouted up in town. CJ McNamara and other locals recognized that with all of the new life in the community, Big Sandy would need a bank of it...
