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R.E.L. and Florence McCaskill

Robert E. Lee McCaskill (1871–1946) was a wealthy land developer and timber tycoon who inherited vast land holdings from the estate of his father, John Jett McCaskill. Robert McCaskill’s promotional booklet, “The Road to Health, Happiness and Prosperity,” interlaced facts and photographs with folksy prose designed to lure farmers and ranchers to Walton County. The […]

Robert Edward Lee McCaskill

The study of the career and accomplishments of a successful man is full of educational value, especially when such an individual has achieved tangible and practical results. A record of the accomplishments of some men in the brief span of their life’s period reads like romance. Without knowledge of attending conditions, it seems almost impossible […]