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GERALD H. GALBREATH
Vol. 3, p. 1238

Both in winter and summer the opportunities for pleasures outdoors
in the region of the bromide springs of Bromide are subject only to
the temporary aberrations of weather, and even then there is scarcely
a suspension of such activities, since indoors at the modern Hotel
Galbreath are all the facilities for pleasure that the globe trotter
finds in the average hotel of the cities. Many sources of interest
are found in this hotel, its springs and immediate surroundings. The
student of Indian lore finds everywhere the marks of a history
relating to the Indian tribes going back for more than three-quarters
of a century. Giant red oak trees are fanned by pleasant breezes
nearly every day of the year. Gentle step-like declivities [sic]
succeed one another to the summit of a long meandering mountain,
clothed with green and trees, and winding gracefully back toward the
main range of the beautiful Arbuckle Mountains. Like the prongs of a
fork run little streets from the very door of the hotel. One of them
goes back into the timber of the valley where blue waters run over
picturesque falls, form beautiful bathing pools and run swift and
deep over the clear rock-bottomed haunts of many kinds of fish.
Another path goes over the mountain crest toward the palatial home of
the pioneer of the Bromide region. Another leads to the bromide
spring, the sulphur spring, the fresh-water spring, the bath house,
sanatorium hill and a dozens other points of interest to the pleasure
or health seeker.

The Hotel Galbreath, the manager of which is Gerald H. Galbreath, is
built of white oolitic stone taken from the adjoining hills. It
stands out on the upturned valley edge in striking likeness of some
castle in an old country. As a finishing touch to Nature's work Judge
William H. JACKSON, father-in-law of Mr. Galbreath, and Robert
Galbreath, the great Oklahoma oil magnate and uncle of Gerald H.,
built the hotel and made it artistic. While the hotel manager is
engaged in other business activities in this quiet and attractive
village, he is recalled by the hundreds of transient residents who
visit there as the chief man of the town in providing comfort to
visitors and in giving them an abiding appreciation of this resort.

Gerald H. Galbreath was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, in 1892, a
son of Frank H. and Belle (MITCHELL) Galbreath. His father, who now
lives in Mount Sterling, Ohio, was an Oklahoma eight-niner, and since
that date has been interested in one way or another in the state's
industries. He was in Oklahoma for several years during the early
development of the famous Glenn Pool oil field in the vicinity of
Tulsa, the principal figure in which was his brother, Robert
Galbreath. John Mitchell, father of Mr. Galbreath's mother, was a
pioneer and prominent Methodist minister in Kentucky. Besides Gerald
H., other members of the Galbreath family are: Miss Ordie Galbreath,
a graduate of the Central State Normal School and a teacher of
domestic science in the public schools of Tulsa; Dean Howell, a
graduate of the manual training department of the Central States
Normal School in 1916; Miss Mabel has a business position in Columbus
Ohio; John Galbreath, a law student in the University of Ohio; and
Louisa Galbreath, living with her parents in Mount Sterling, Ohio.

Gerald H. Galbreath acquired his early education in the common and
high schools of Mount Sterling and the University of Ohio at Athens.
He came to Bromide in 1912, entering the office of the Bromide
Oolitic Stone Company, and not long afterwards became cashier of the
Bromide State Bank. He has various interest in lands and other
resources of the community. In December, 1914, he married Miss Wynona
JACKSON. Her father is Judge William H. Jackson, the founder of the
Town of Bromide. Mr. Galbreath has affiliations with the order of
Masonry and with the Delta Tau Delta College Fraternity. The
community of Bromide can be congratulated upon the presence of such a
live and enterprising young citizen. He is secretary of the
Commercial Club, and is one of the leaders in the good roads movement
which has already gained a substantial impetus in this locality.

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