Bank Facts

William Coltharp needed brick for the new Bank of Vernal. Wagon freight into remote Utah cost twice as much as parcel post. So in 1916 he had the post office deliver the brick instead. It went out in 50-pound packages, ten bricks at a time. About 15,000 bricks later, the Postal Service capped mail shipments at 200 pounds a day. The bank still stands, brick facade and all.

Bank of America tried to foreclose on a Florida home that had no mortgage and no debt. Warren Nyerges had paid cash for it. He sued. The judge ordered the bank to pay his $2,500 legal fees. The bank ignored the ruling for five months, so his attorney pulled up to a branch with sheriff's deputies and a moving truck and started seizing the furniture. The bank wrote the check within an hour.