OLMSTED, ILLINOIS
Laid out and named for Reverend E.B. Olmsted a Civil War Chaplin on September 9, 1872. Electricity was brought to the town in 1926. The first three years of high school for students was attended in Grand Chain and the final year at Mound City.
Some of Olmsted's Businesspeople were:
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Ed B. Gore |
Merchant |
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Charles Corzine |
Merchant |
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E.C. Hogendobler |
Merchant |
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Don Gore |
Merchant |
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Joe Arnold |
Merchant |
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Isaac Crecelius |
Merchant |
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Lester Kraatz |
Merchant, Blacksmith |
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Pete Huddleston |
Merchant |
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A.C. Bagby |
Blacksmith |
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Roy Briitt |
Garage Owner |
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William Hathaway |
Doctor |
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Hall Witticker |
Doctor |
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Will Witticker |
Doctor |
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Oscar Carracker |
Doctor |
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Herb Davis |
Barber |
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O.J. Taake |
Barber |
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Richard McClelland |
Minister of the Gospel |
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Merchant |
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