10 Facts About Ed Overholser

Ed Overholser was educated in public schools and attended a preparatory school for boys in Kansas.

Ed Overholser arrived in Oklahoma City on April 2,1890, and took over the management of the Overholser Opera House.

Ed Overholser entered public service and worked as the manager of the Oklahoma City waterworks department and was the first Secretary of the State Fair Association.

Ed Overholser served as a school board member and as Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners.

Ed Overholser was responsible for the large lake that was named in his honor, Lake Overholser.

Ed Overholser married Allie Garrison on May 26,1903, and had two children, one of whom survived.

Ed Overholser served from April 13,1915, to December 24,1918.

Ed Overholser became the President of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce from 1922 to 1927.

Ed Overholser was responsible for erasing the chamber's debt and increasing the membership to 5,000, an impressive feat at a time when only five cities in the US claimed large memberships.

Ed Overholser was a member of a Masonic lodge, the Lutheran Church, and numerous clubs.