The building housing what is now a branch of Wachovia was originally the First National Bank, founded in 1891. The people at the First National refused to cash a thousand dollar check for royalties for "A Farewell to Arms" held by some scruffy guy called Hemingway. The local bar did, though, and Sloppy Joe's entered into history.

The building housing what is now a branch of Wachovia was originally the First National Bank, founded in 1891. The people at the First National refused to cash a thousand dollar check for royalties for "A Farewell to Arms" held by some scruffy guy called Hemingway. The local bar did, though, and Sloppy Joe's entered into history.