George Ward Holdrege was an American railroad officer and cattle rancher with large land holdings in western Nebraska. An early advocate of modern agricultural practices, he experimented with irrigation, dryland farming methods, soil conservation, and crop rotation. The town of Holdrege in Phelps County, Nebraska, is named in his honor.
- Occupation
- railway official
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- March 26, 1847
- Died
- September 14, 1926
