Bio of Collier, O. F. (b.1858) Wabasha Co., MN
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Collier, O. F., senior member of the firm of O. H. Collier & Co., editors
and proprietors of the Wabasha "Herald," is a native of Wabasha county,
born on his father's farm in Cook's Valley, August 6, 1858. Young Collier
received his education in the public schools of this city until he entered
the printing-office of W. S. Walton in 1872, with whom he remained until
1866 (?), with the exception of a year at school. He then went to Lake
City and for five years was foreman in the office of the Wabasha county
"Sentinel," until 1881, when he purchased the Wabasha "Herald" from
Messrs. Matteson and Lewark, which he conducted two years and sold a third
interest to one of the old proprietors, W. Lewark, and by them the paper
is now published. Mr. Collier is unmarried and quite an enthusiastic
sportsman with rod and gun.