Imperial County, CA Biographies

Transcribed by Sally Kaleta, January, 2007.

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GEORGE RICHARD BUCKEL
 
                     George Richard Buckel maintains the reputation as one of 
the able and successful ranchers of Imperial County. He is progressive in 
citizenship and has gained the confidence and the good-will of all who have in 
any way been associated with him. Mr. Buckel was born in St. Louis, Missouri, 
November 10, 1890. He came to Imperial County in June, 1915, and his brother, 
Leonard J., came to this county in August, 1913. The subject of this biography 
acquired his education in the public schools of St. Louis. At an early age he 
assisted his father. At the age of nineteen he started out in life for himself 
and traveled extensively. He assisted on a threshing machine in Canada for some 
time. Returning to St. Louis, he engaged in contracting and teaming and followed 
this vocation until he came to Imperial Valley, when he engaged in raising farm 
products. Politically Mr. Buckel is a Republican. He was married in St. Louis, 
Missouri, June 5, 1915, to Miss Edna Huth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. August Huth, 
both residents of St. Louis. To Mr. and Mrs. Buckel have been born one daughter, 
Adele. Mr. Buckel has a string of seventy-five milch cows, as well as a hundred 
head of young stock. He is a self-made man. He started out in life without 
financial aid or money and has worked his way up and accumulated a handsome 
competency. Mr. George Richard Buckel and his two brothers, Leonard J. and Dewey 
W., are partners and have succeeded in the same influential manner. Both were 
born in St. Louis, Missouri, where they received their education.
 
Source: "The History of Imperial County, California," Elms and Franks Publ. Co., 
1918, p. 454.