The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 232 NEALY N. OLNEY. Nealy N. Olney, who became assistant cashier of the American Commercial Bank of Wapato upon its organization, was born on the Yakima Indian reservation near Fort Simcoe on the 9th of August, 1884, a son of William and Lizzie T. Olney. The father and mother are now deceased. The son attended the schools of Fort Simcoe and later continued his education at Toppenish. He was graduated in 1909 from the Haskell Institute at Lawrence, Kansas, where he completed a course in the commercial department, after which he returned to Toppenish, where he spent six years as a clerk in the law office of D. H. Bonsted. He then became connected with the lumber trade at Toppenish and at White Swan and was made manager of the yard at the latter place. He entered the banking business in the early part of 1918, when he was made assistant cashier of the American Commercial Bank, which is the only bank in the United States that was organized and is conducted solely by Indians. They have entered upon a notably successful career. Already the deposits of the bank have reached the sum of one hundred thousand dollars and their business is steadily growing owing to the efficiency and enterprise of the men at its head. Mr. Olney was married on the 28th of June, 1913, to Miss Hazel Foster, a Yakima Indian. He is one of the charter members and is the secretary and treasurer of the Yakima Indian Commercial Club. He has a wide acquaintance in this section of the state and sterling traits of character as well as marked business ability have gained him the high regard of all with whom he has been brought in contact. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.