Imperial-Los Angeles County CA Archives Biographies.....Wiest, George E. 1885 - 
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Author: F. C. Farr (editor, 1918)

GEORGE E. WIEST is one of the commanding figures in the agricultural life of
Imperial County. He was one of the first settlers in the town of Wiest, named
after members of the Wiest family. Mr. Wiest is the owner of 172 acres of
highly-cultivated land in Water Company No. 5, all located at Wiest, California.
George E. came to Imperial County October 5, 1906, and was born in Arcadia,
Kansas, January 6, 1885, the son of Phillip A. and Elmina E. (Johns) Weist. Mr.
Wiest's father died in 1906 and is buried in Arcadia, Kansas. The mother of Mr.
Wiest resides with him on the home place in this county. Before his death, the
father of Mr. Wiest filed on 80 acres of land in Imperial County. The family
comes of old Eastern stock and for generations have been active factors in the
development of the country. The town of Wiest was called after the family, they
having been the first settlers in this part of the Valley. Among the pioneers on
the Wiest side who took up land here were John A., Daniel W., Edward L. and
George Ellis Wiest. Mr. Wiest received his education in the public and high
schools in Kansas, and left the institution at the age of 17 years. He then came
directly to Pasadena and Monrovia, where he was an inspector for the Pacific
Electric Railroad for four years. Later he filed on his present property, which
was wild, desert country. Mr. Wiest has brought his holding up to a high state
of productiveness and follows the general method of farming. In raising grain,
cotton, alfalfa, etc., he has been very successful. He also is cultivating a
mixed orchard of twenty acres and has planted about 1500 fruit trees and 2000 of
the eucalyptus variety. Beautiful shrubbery runs around the yards and the
buildings in general, together with a finely appointed residence, and modern in
every detail. George E. organized the R. F. D., Route No. A., running out of
Brawley, and is also one of the four members who organized the Valley Telephone
Company. Altogether, Mr. Wiest is cultivating 414 acres in Imperial County, in
addition to 100 acres in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Politically he
is a Republican, and for some time has been a trustee of the Mulberry school. It
is interesting to note that in the early days and prior to Mr. Wiest's success
in life, he labored hard to achieve the success which is his allotment today.
Mr. Wiest at one point in his career walked from Brawley to Wiest owing to the
fact that he did not have sufficient cash in his pockets to enable, him to ride
as other knights of the period, in a buggy or an automobile. Mr. Wiest
represents the self-made man, with all its exacting details and emoluments attached.

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THE HISTORY
OF
IMPERIAL COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
EDITED BY
F. C. FARR

IN ONE VOLUME
ILLUSTRATED
Published by ELMS AND FRANKS
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 1918


Printed by Taylor & Taylor, San Francisco


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