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Mr. Dopheide, President of the Columbia Life Insurance Company of Sioux City, Iowa, was the primary organizer. Mr. Dopheide attempted to obtain a charter for Dow City in 1950. At that time Mr. N P Black was Superintendent of the Iowa Department of Banking. He went through the bank closings of the 1930's and granted new bank charters only rarely, however he authorized the opening of an office of theDefiance State Bank.in Dow City. The Dow City Office was opened June 1955.
