Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876–1936)
George H. Harding
HARDING, GEORGE (1840–1913), inducted 1905
George Harding was born in Pittsfield, New York, raised in Ohio, and moved to Wisconsin in 1860. In 1869, he purchased 160 acres in Waukesha—the beginnings of what would become Anoka Farm. There, he bred Shorthorn cattle and Cotswold sheep. He was president of the Wisconsin Shorthorn Breeders’ Association and served as mayor of Waukesha. George Harding also owned steel and iron fabricating plants in that town.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 104