I'd be interested to hear also. I'll have to check my notes but this is where an ancestor of mine was stationed? lived? He was "buckin' trees" ( I think this is the way it is said) for the railroad. This would have been 1900-1910 or so. Terri, Redmond, WA -----Original Message----- From: Bothell Publications <bizcom@u.washington.edu> To: PSRoots-L@rootsweb.com <PSRoots-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, December 17, 1998 3:41 PM Subject: Lester, WA >I just found out my CROOKS ancestors settled in Lester Precinct in 1898, >prior to moving to Tacoma in 1902. The Tacoma librarian said Lester is >the city of Tacoma's watershed and the city bought the town outright at >some point in time to protect their water. The people who lived there >were allowed to remain and no one new could move in. According to the >librarian, there's only one person left in the town today. > >Does anyone have information on this area, particularly at the turn of the >century? > >Michele > > > > >