"An Illustrated history of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties : with a
brief outline of the early history of the state of Oregon." Chicago?: Western
Historical Pub. Co., 1902.  Page 485.  Grant County.

GEORGE RADER

     A pioneer that has known the early life of the Pacific from California to
Grant county, and a man to whom nature has given liberally of those qualities
which make the typical frontiersman, the substantial citizen and the noble
representative of our race, the subject of this sketch is today one of the
prominent citizens of Grant county and a prosperous and successful stockman that
has added materially to the wealth of the county and to the interests of all by
the manifestation of an enterprising public spirit and by carefully prosecuting
a career of private business undertakings with wisdom and energy.
     The son of George and Emily Rader, he was born near Rockville, Park county,
Indiana, on August 12, 1840, and when eleven years of age was removed by his
parents to Monroe county, Iowa, where he remained until nine-teen years of age
and worked on the farm with his father until the latter's death, in 1858, and
then two years longer he remained with his mother.  But on the morning of May
21, 1860, he turned the ox teams that he had provided toward the setting sun and
began the long journey that ended in Shasta county, California, on Saturday
evening before the election of Abraham Lincoln.  He engaged in farming and
working for wages until May 22, 1862, at which time he went with a pack train
for the Salmon river, but turned aside and stopped in Canyon City on July 4, of
the same year.  He turned his attention to mining there until August, 1865, then
went to Susanville, following the same occupation until December, 1876, at which
time he located his present place at Longcreek postoffice.  He bought the right
of a settler with his improvements and then filed on a homestead and commenced
the occupation of the stockman and agriculturist.  Prosperity has attended his
wisely directed efforts and tireless thrift and today he is the owner of large
tracts of land and numerous herds of cattle and sheep and is counted as one of
the most substantial stockmen of the county.  At one time he and seven others,
among whom was the noted Jim Cummings, captured thirty-six horses from the
Indians after an exciting conflict.
     On July 3, 1877, the marriage of Mr. Rader and Miss Frances E., daughter of
James F. and Julia Miller, was celebrated, and they have become the parents of
four children:  Maud O., deceased; Harvey, deceased; Frederick W.; Helen E.  Mr.
Rader is a man that is highly respected by all and has won the confidence and
esteem of those who know him, having demeaned himself in a commendable manner,
ever manifesting principles of truth and uprightness.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in October 2005 by Diana Smith.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.