Yes, a customer, Mason King, rode up on his horse, Ringo, to conduct business in the bank. A cute story may be that due to high gasoline prices, some Bullard residents have reverted to traveling via horseback.

Fortunately Mason had hobbles to tie the horse's front legs to keep him from running away since Austin Bank has no hitching rails to tie horses. "As a result of this picture, we're considering revising our budget to install hitching rails at the bank to accommodate all our customers," said Terry Boyd, Location President.

Austin Bank is a locally owned community bank serving East Texans for over 100 years with 28 locations throughout the East Texas area.