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Dr. John Osborne arrived in Rawlins in 1881 after graduating from the University of Vermont with a degree in medicine and surgery the previous year.  Doctor, surgeon, druggist, real estate magnate, rancher, banker, world traveler, and politician are titles that aptly describe his colorful life.  Among his many political accomplishments were:  the second mayor of Rawlins; elected governor in fall of 1892; elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1896; and served as the First Assistant United States Secretary of State in the Harding Administration beginning in 1913.  He passed away in Rawlins on April 24, 1943.

Picture taken in 1881

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Dr. John Osborne

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