Illinois Afrigeneas Pulaski County Illinois

ILLINOIS AFRIGENEAS

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OLMSTED

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:

Ed B. Gore	Merchant
Charles Corzine	Merchant
E.C. Hogendobler	Merchant
Don Gore	Merchant
Joe Arnold	Merchant
Isaac Crecelius	Merchant
Lester Kraatz	Merchant, Blacksmith
Pete Huddleston	Merchant
A.C. Bagby	Blacksmith
Roy Briitt	Garage Owner
William Hathaway	Doctor
Hall Witticker	Doctor
Will Witticker	Doctor
Oscar Carracker	Doctor
Herb Davis	Barber
O.J. Taake	Barber
Richard McClelland	Minister of the Gospel

OLMSTED LINKS

Directions to Olmsted

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Placed online: 13 September 1999 | Updated: 7 May 2001
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