Thomas Cruse History of Montana,by Joaquin Miller, 1894 USGENWEB Montana Archives May be copied for non-profit purposes. The Thomas Cruse Savings Bank of Helena, is one of Montana's most solid financial institutions. It was founded by Thomas Cruse in 1887, with a capital of $100,000, its organization dating prior to any other savings bank in the State. It's officers are as follows: Thomas Cruse, president; Frank H. Cruse, vice-president; W.J. Sweeny, treasurer; and W.J. Cook, assistant treasurer. The bank has constantly grown in favor ever since it was founded and has met with marked success. It has a very large deposit account and in addition to its large savings business also does general banking and makes a specialty of handling state, county, city and school bonds and warrants for which they pay the highest cash price. USGenWeb Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format forprofit, nor for commercial presentation by any other organization. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than as stated above, must obtain express writtenpermission from the author, or the submitter and from the listed USGenWeb Project archivist.