Volume 11 , Issue 7

Alva Pioneer George E. Nickel

George Nickel was a member of Territorial Board of Education for Normal Schools and a native of Missouri, engaged in business in Kansas and Colorado.

Before coming to Alva in August 1897, Nickel was in the banking business at Amarillo, Texas. He came to Alva and entered the Exchange Bank as a partner and cashier, which he had retained that position as of 1904.

Nickel was considered one of the best banking men in the West. In 1902 he was appointed by Governor Ferguson, as a member of the Territorial Board of Education for Normal schools. Mr. Nickel was a progressive citizen who was always ready to give a liberal portion of his time and means for the good of Alva and Woods county.
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