Railroad pioneer, civil engineer for the Hannibal and St. Joseph line, president and general manager of the old Fort Scott and Memphis road, that later became the Frisco railroad. Organized the first Kansas City Missouri Stockyards, built the Livestock Exchange building at 16th and Bell. Lived in a 12 room mansion in Kansas City Missouri's Quality Hill district, overlooking his railroad and livestock interests in the West Bottoms. After his death, his wife Julia did not want to live in the house alone. She gave the home to a womens charitable organization, and residents moved into the Nettleton's home the very day Julia moved out. The family is still remembered for the Nettleton Home for Women, although it has relocated. In 1914, E.F. Swinney donated land at 51st and Swope Parkway, although the building there still bears the name George H. Nettleton Home.
Railroad pioneer, civil engineer for the Hannibal and St. Joseph line, president and general manager of the old Fort Scott and Memphis road, that later became the Frisco railroad. Organized the first Kansas City Missouri Stockyards, built the Livestock Exchange building at 16th and Bell. Lived in a 12 room mansion in Kansas City Missouri's Quality Hill district, overlooking his railroad and livestock interests in the West Bottoms. After his death, his wife Julia did not want to live in the house alone. She gave the home to a womens charitable organization, and residents moved into the Nettleton's home the very day Julia moved out. The family is still remembered for the Nettleton Home for Women, although it has relocated. In 1914, E.F. Swinney donated land at 51st and Swope Parkway, although the building there still bears the name George H. Nettleton Home.
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