We are, in fact, an Oklahoma tradition with roots dating way back to 1927. Just think about it: 1927, pre-Crash, pre-The Grea ... t Depression. We realize that we tend to be fairly reserved about ownership and about our beginnings. Perhaps that emanates from a Midwest Southern Plains habit of not talking much about where you came from, or who holds the purse strings. It’s not that we’re secretive, it’s simply that we don’t say much about it. For us and for our forebears, it was always a habit of discretion and manners. Of never trying to make oneself too grand. Whether good or bad, in today’s world of immediate information, things have changed. T.C. Huckabay in Mountain Park, Oklahoma, 1927 With this in mind, we present to you a summary of our family banking world, and we will start with our grandfather, T. C. Huckabay, who began our enterprise in 1927 in Mountain Park, Oklahoma. He was just a kid, even by today’s standards, a young strapping guy of 19. He started his career as the proof operator, teller and janitor. Through decades of hard work and good luck, he became the owner of two banks eventually known as Bank of the Wichitas® and Southwest State Bank. Huckabay weathered The Crash, The Great Depression, and the shocking margining crisis of many Oklahoma banks in the mid-80’s. His banking legacy continues today with these Huckabay bankers: T. C.’s son, Gary Huckabay, who chartered First Mustang State Bank in 1969, today known as All America Bank®, is the Chairman Emeritus of All America Bank®. He is an expert lender and a leader in the community. He served on the Oklahoma State Banking Board for 12 years, the Oklahoma City Traffic Commission for 10 years, was past President of the Community Bankers Association of Oklahoma and a board member of Leadership Oklahoma, to name a few of his community service positions. Gary has two sons, Todd and Wade, and a daughter Shawn. All America Bank® is no shot in the dark. All America Bank® rests comfortably upon decades of success and family tradition. read more