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GEORGE H. OLMSTEAD - Bannock County
George H. Olmstead, one of the most prominent railroad men in the United States and for over forty years connected
with various railroads throughout the country in important positions, is a native of New York State, having been
born in Vestal, Broome County, August 18, 1848, a son of Richard and Elizabeth Olmstead, of that town. The elder
Olmstead was a farmer. George H Olmstead received his early education in the public schools and subsequently attended
the Susquehanna Seminary at Binghamton, New York, from which he graduated.
After leaving school he went West, and his first occupation was as an engineer on the Napa Railroad in California,
where he stayed from 1868 to 1870. He then went with the California Pacific until 1873, and with the Central Pacific
Railroad during the years 1873 and 1874. He then came East and entered the service of the Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul Railroad, where he remained until 1882, and was then made general foreman of the motive power department
at Sanborn, Iowa, a position he held until 1883. He next became a conductor on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Railroad, where he remained from 1885 until 1887. From 1889 until 1899 he was in the service of the C. B. &
N. Railroad, and then accepted the position of traveling conductor of the Montana and Utah divisions of the Oregon
Short Line on May 1, 1899. He was promoted to trainmaster March 15, 1900, and as acting superintendent of the Montana
division, October 13, 1900, until July 13, 1901, when he was advanced to the position of superintendent of the
Montana division. He was made superintendent of the Utah division in addition to his other position, July 7, 1903,
to March 31, 1904, and was appointed superintendent of the Idaho division June 1, 1905. On October 28, 1908, Mr.
Olmstead was granted a leave of absence on account of ill health, and on February 1, 1909, was appointed superintendent
of the Montana division, which position he now holds. During the years 1874 and 1875 Mr. Olmstead traveled extensively
through South America and on the Isthmus, and gained much knowledge of conditions there at that time.
Mr. Olmstead was married February 17, 1879, and has been a resident of Idaho since 1899. He first arrived at Helena,
Montana, November 10, 1866. He is a director in the Bannock National Bank of Pocatello, Idaho; a member of all
Masonic bodies and of the Silver Bow Club of Butte and resides at No. 15 Harrison Avenue, Pocatello, Bannock County,
Idaho
From:
Sketches of the Inter-Mountain States
1847 - 1909
Utah Idaho Nevada
Published by: The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City, Utah 1909
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