2005 Old Settlers Gazette

Contents

Inside Cover

• Tie-hacker, Tie-rafting, and the Railroad Crosstie Industry at Arlington and Jeome by John F. Bradbury, Jr.

News of 1905 Compiled and edited by Terry Primas

The History and Legends of the Moccasin Bend of the Gasconade River by Dan Slais

An Interview with Robert Lee Bates by Jan Primas

The Civilian Conservation Corps at Blooming Rose 1934-1938 by Terry Primas

•  Dr. Buck's Famous Elixir by Dru Pippin

Fishing on the Piney 1919 - a photo trip

The Wells Family and Baskets by Jewell Wells Nelson and Sherry Wells Ernst

Reminiscence by Marily Roberts

USO by Terry Primas

History Lost

Pulaski Pioneers

Pictures from the Past - Bales and Graves families