George Wingfield

George Wingfield was a Nevada banker and miner. He was considered to be one of the states most powerful economic and political figures during the period from 1909 to 1932. Wingfield rose from farodealer to the position of richest man in Nevada in less than five years.

Wingfield was born at Fort Smith, Arkansas in 1876. His family removed to Oregon when he was five years old, and he became a buckaroo on a ranch in Burns. At age 20, he became a cattle drover in Nevada. He arrived in Tonopah in 1902 and dealt cards at the Tonopah Club. He moved to Winnemucca, where he became friends with United States Senator George S. Nixon. By the age of 30, he made a fortune in Nevada, having mined in Tonopah and Goldfield. With Nixon as his partner, Wingfield was worthmillion after taking their Goldfield Consolidated Mining Company public in 1906, which had been organized with 50 million in capital. In 1906, his wife, May, filed for divorce the case ended in an annulment. In 1908, he moved to Reno and became active in politics, banking, ranching, and hotelkeeping. He owned many of the banks in Nevada, as well as several hotels in Reno, including the Riverside Hotel, and an international mining company. He also ran a ranch and dairy farm in Fallon. In 1928, Wing

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