Days Gone By In Staunton

Thursday, October 14, 1975 -- dipping into old man mose's bucket -- It is quite possible that there are still many persons living in this area, as well as some who spent the early years of their life in this vicinity and are now residing elsewhere, who can remember the St. Louis World's Fair, and perhaps were privileged to enjoy visits to this great event in the summer of 1904. This was of course before the completion of the inter-urban railroad then known as the McKinley lines. Those from Staunton who had the privilege of attending this great exposition boarded the Wabash railroad trains, spe...