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Photographer: Duane Hall
Taken: August 4, 2015
Caption: Safe Interpretive Sign
Additional Description: The first post office at Rocky Springs was established in 1821. Postal receipts were listed as $82.52 in 1827, $56.06 in 1828, and $49.23 in 1830. In comparison, nearby Port Gibson, the second largest postal facility in the state after Natchez, averaged about $1,400.00 a year during this same period.
Submitted: October 20, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.
Database Locator Identification Number: p334515
File Size: 0.677 Megabytes

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