History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Omaha and suburbs . of climate; and at thesame time he received the offer of a situation in1865 as Purchasing Agent of the Union Pacificrailway, requiring his removal to Omaha. Heaccepted, and, coming west, assumed the duties inconnection with the greatest railroad enterprisethat had ever before been attempted on the con-tinent. He purchased and shipped materials usedin the construction of this overland highway to theamount of 115,000,000, and accounted for it withsuch precision as to remove all suspjcion of dis-honesty. He continued in the employ o
History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Omaha and suburbs . of climate; and at thesame time he received the offer of a situation in1865 as Purchasing Agent of the Union Pacificrailway, requiring his removal to Omaha. Heaccepted, and, coming west, assumed the duties inconnection with the greatest railroad enterprisethat had ever before been attempted on the con-tinent. He purchased and shipped materials usedin the construction of this overland highway to theamount of 115,000,000, and accounted for it withsuch precision as to remove all suspjcion of dis-honesty. He continued in the employ of the cor-poration till the completion of the road, and after-wards was connected with various enterprises,among which is that of chairman of the buildingcommittee of the Omaha High School, a structurecosting about a quarter of a million dollars. • 260 • REV. GEO. W. FROST. Mr. Frost was a member of seven sessions ofthe legislature of Nebraska. He was appointedagent of the Crow Indians in 1877, and went to thereservation in July of that year on the Yellow-.
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