A mining town was settled here on Corral Bar in 1890, and named after Chloride Mine locator Dan C. Dedrick. The post office was established May 4, 1891. By 1902 the town boasted a school, 2 stores, 2 hotels, a restaurant, lodging house, livery, . . . — — Map (db m56115) HM
On Main Street (California Route 16) at 1st Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
Franklin Sylvester Freeman, founder of Woodland, relocated his stock of goods and built a store in 1860-61, it is the oldest of the earliest commercial buildings in this city. It became the site of Woodland's first post office on July 5, 1861, and . . . — — Map (db m85718) HM
On U.S. 40 at milepost 114.5 at County Highway 52, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 40.
Panel 1: Mt. Harris 1914-1958
The Colorado-Utah Coal Company's Harris Mine was opened June 12, 1914 under the direction of George Homer and Bryon Harris. The camp was first named Harris, but later changed, due to another established post . . . — — Map (db m116920) HM
On South 3rd Street at Victor Avenue on South 3rd Street.
On this corner, an electric street car (the Low Line) turned off Victor Avenue onto N 3rd Street to continue its trip to the Independence Mine and around Battle Mountain. In the early 1900s, the miners commuted to work via these streetcars for a . . . — — Map (db m46796) HM
On Albany Turnpike (U.S. 44) at Canton Green Road, on the right when traveling east on Albany Turnpike.
Settlement of the area later called Canton, originally part of Simsbury, began in 1737 with the erection of the Richard Case II home on East Hill. The earliest homes were constructed along “Cherry’s” brook. The settlers’ name for the . . . — — Map (db m87925) HM
On Main Street at Sullivan Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
Post Office & Store
From this building dry goods and groceries were offered to the public for over 200 years. The Store, operated in 1727 by Nathan Day, was discontinued in 1962. One of the oldest, this Post Office, the only one known to be in an . . . — — Map (db m114006) HM
On Commerce Street at Clark Street, on the right when traveling north on Commerce Street.
For many years the National Grange and other organizations interested in the welfare of citizens residing in rural areas advocated the establishment of rural free delivery of mail. In October 1896, the Post Office Department introduced experimental . . . — — Map (db m37476) HM
On East 11th Street (Delaware Route 52) west of North King Street (Business U.S. 13), on the left when traveling east.
Constructed in 1937 on the site of the McComb Winchester Mansion, this building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 as an outstanding example of neoclassical architecture. The building housed the U.S. Post Office and . . . — — Map (db m216009) HM
On Central Avenue north of Oakwood Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Welcome to the Historic Village in Ocean View!
The first free standing Ocean View Post Office was built in 1889 when Ocean View became incorporated as a town, thus qualifying for its own post office. The postal office was a source of . . . — — Map (db m206362) HM
On High Street at Conwell Street, on the right when traveling east on High Street.
A post office was established in this community in 1827. For many years it did a large shipping business by water. The coming of the railroad in the 1850s resulted in an even greater demand for postal services. For more than a century the post . . . — — Map (db m4991) HM
On 1st Street Northeast at Massachusetts Avenue Northeast, on the right when traveling south on 1st Street Northeast. Reported missing.
Union Station, across First Street, was the world’s largest railroad terminal when it opened in 1907. Its construction took five years and displaced hundreds of small houses and businesses. Architect Daniel Burnham’s Beaux-Arts masterpiece, . . . — — Map (db m71678) HM
On 16th Street Northwest south of Fuller Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south.
The ninth woman in the world and the first Polish woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. The inventor of new literary genres based on humour, irony and grotesque.
The Nobel Committee awarded Wisława Szymborska the Nobel Prize . . . — — Map (db m200402) HM
On 12th Street Northwest south of Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, on the left when traveling north.
The imposing Ariel Rios Building opened in 1934 to house the U.S. Post Office Department. Architect William A. Delano, of the New York firm Delano and Aldrich, drew inspiration from Paris and other European cities to design the building's . . . — — Map (db m57207) HM
On 12th Street Northwest at Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest on 12th Street Northwest.
This massive granite building was completed in 1899 to house the U.S. Post Office Department and the busy city post office. Designed by the U.S. Treasury Department architects under Willoughby J. Edbrooke, it was Washington’s first . . . — — Map (db m65355) HM
Near 12th Street Northwest north of Constitution Avenue Northwest (U.S. 50), on the left when traveling north.
Inscription above the frieze, center, west side entablature:
The Post Office Department, in its ceaseless labors, pervades every channel of commerce and every theatre of human enterprise, and while visiting, as it does kindly every . . . — — Map (db m49587) HM
On E Street Northwest west of 7th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
[The Great Seal of the United States]
In 1800, the building erected on this site by Samuel Blodget was the scene of the first theatrical performance given in Washington.
From 1812 to 1836 it sheltered the city post office and, for part of . . . — — Map (db m103077) HM
On F Street Northwest at 8th Street Northwest on F Street Northwest. Reported permanently removed.
"Tonight,
beautiful women,
perfumes, and the violins’ sweetness…
At 10:30 p.m. on March 4, 1865, a tired and gaunt President Lincoln arrived at this site, his wife Mary in white lace and silk with purple and . . . — — Map (db m204444) HM
On F Street Northwest east of 8th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east.
General Post Office has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the . . . — — Map (db m28536) HM
On Ohio Drive Southwest near East Basin Drive Southwest, on the left when traveling west.
The world's first airplane mail to be operated as a continuously scheduled public service started from this field May 15, 1918.
The route connected Washington, Philadelphia and New York. Curtiss JN 4-H airplanes with a capacity of 150 pounds of . . . — — Map (db m17619) HM
On County Road 225, on the right when traveling north.
Evinston Community Store and Post Office
The Evinston community store, originally a warehouse, was built of heart pine in 1884 by W.P. Shettleworth. it was bought by Joseph Wolfenden, who first operated it as a store. The post office, . . . — — Map (db m54240) HM
On State Road 121 at State Road 235, on the right when traveling north on State Road 121. Reported permanently removed.
The LaCrosse area was settled before the Civil War. Cotton was the chief crop. John Eli Futch was a cotton buyer who built a warehouse for cotton, a store to serve the growers, and his home near the store. This store became the first post office and . . . — — Map (db m220546) HM
On Front Street, 0.1 miles south of New Haven Ave, on the right when traveling north.
Here at what was once known as Hatterman's Point, in the early years, John Cornthwaite Hector settled and had a store built, completed in 1880 by carpenter U. D. Henderson of Eau Gallie.
Hector was described as "tall, heavy-set, with white hair . . . — — Map (db m48889) HM
This building was the Eau Gallie Post Office circa 1900-1925. Before the advent of automobiles, old-timers recall tying their horses and buggies to the big oak tree in the back.
The building just south of the Post Office was Eau Gallie's first . . . — — Map (db m49235) HM
On Southwest 2nd Avenue, 0.1 miles south of Southwest 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south.
This building was originally constructed as a post office annex warehouse in 1949. Later it was used by the City of Fort Lauderdale for offices of the City Planning Department. In 1978, the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society converted it into the . . . — — Map (db m172079) HM
On Tamiami Trail East (U.S. 41) 0.2 miles west of Bass Lake Road, on the left when traveling west.
Considered to be the smallest post office in the United States, this building was formerly an irrigation pipe shed belonging to the J. T. Gaunt Company tomato farm. It was hurriedly pressed into service by postmaster Sidney Brown after a disastrous . . . — — Map (db m90091) HM
On Mandarin Road at Brady Road, on the left when traveling south on Mandarin Road.
Mandarin Store and Post Office
has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m171512) HM
Near Mandarin Road at County Dock Road, on the left when traveling north.
This house was built circa 1875 for Major William Wirt Webb, a retired United States Army officer who served during the Civil War. The original structure consisted of a central hall, parlor and two bedrooms surrounded on three sides by an open . . . — — Map (db m171580) HM
The Pablo Beach Post Office was built in 1903, and used as the post office for the area until 1908. While this building was in use, the town was known as Pablo Beach until 1925 when it was renamed Jacksonville Beach. This building was the first . . . — — Map (db m108217) HM
On Richloam-Clay Sink Road at Riverland Road, on the left when traveling south on Richloam-Clay Sink Road.
In 1921, the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL) decided to relocate its depot in Riverland to Richloam. Soon after, in 1922, Postmaster Lucius Sidney "Sid” Brinson moved the Riverland Post Office to the growing community of Richloam and . . . — — Map (db m119132) HM
On North Florida Avenue at East Twiggs Street, on the right when traveling north on North Florida Avenue.
Entered on the National Register of Historic Places June 7, 1974 Federal Building U.S. Courthouse Downtown Postal Station Tampa, Florida James Knox Taylor Architect 1902 This property significantly contributes to the . . . — — Map (db m33943) HM
On West Capps Highway (U.S. 27) north of County Road 257, on the right when traveling south.
Lamont began existence in 1848 when a U.S. post office was established at Beasley's Store which also served as a horse changing station on the stagecoach line between Tallahassee and St. Augustine. After the Civil War, the small settlement that had . . . — — Map (db m127036) HM
On Lakeshore Drive at Priest Street, on the right when traveling west on Lakeshore Drive.
Established at Columbus, February 17, 1842, moved across the Suwannee to serve a Sawmill Complex, 1867, the office became Ellaville, 1872. Some postmasters were George F. Drew, 1867-1883, Robert L. Millinor, 1893-1912, Frederick Stroud, 1914-1922, . . . — — Map (db m67606) HM
On Indialucie Parkway at North Sewall's Point Road (County Road 707), in the median on Indialucie Parkway.
Dr. William H. Baker and his family settled here in 1880 and named the place Waveland. Their home was the first permanent residence in what is Martin County today, and Waveland was prominent on Florida maps for many years. The section line that . . . — — Map (db m112169) HM
On North Bayshore Drive at Northeast 96th Street, on the right when traveling north on North Bayshore Drive.
In the early 1870s, William H. Gleason and William H. Hunt moved up the bay from Miami and founded the community of Biscayne. They brought with them the Miami Post Office, renaming it the Biscayne Post Office. Since the Dade County Court was . . . — — Map (db m77649) HM
Near Northeast 135th Street (State Road 916) 0.1 miles west of Biscayne Boulevard (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling west.
Until 1973, when it collapsed, the forty foot natural bridge of oolitic limestone that spanned Arch Creek was one of South Florida's earliest landmarks. Prehistoric Indians occupied this site hundreds of years before European exploration. In the . . . — — Map (db m77645) HM
On Albury Boulevard at Overseases Highway (U.S. 1), in the median on Albury Boulevard.
(side 1)
What is today Tavenier was originally inhabited by the Calusa and Tequesta Native Americans. The Tequesta occupied the area around Biscayne Bay, while the Calusa inhabited Southwest Florida. In 1513, the Florida Keys were . . . — — Map (db m129571) HM
On South Lakeside Drive at 5th Avenue South, on the left when traveling south on South Lakeside Drive.
The James Homestead and Post Office are an important part of Lake Worth's history before the birth of the city. In 1885, an African American couple, Samuel and Fannie James, were two of the first people to file claim for a homestead in the area. Two . . . — — Map (db m193845) HM
On Ehren Cemetery Road, 1.2 miles south of Ehren Cutoff Road (County Road 583), on the right when traveling south.
Named by sawmill owners Frederick and Louis Muller, Ehren means "place of honor" in their native German language. Its post office opened Jan. 17, 1890 and closed in 1950. Burned and rebuilt several times, the post office was once listed in . . . — — Map (db m67650) HM
On Cleveland Street west of Northeast Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
On October 9, 1933 Clearwater's first government post office building was dedicated on this site with Postmaster General James A. Farley officiating. The local postmaster at the time was Charles R. Lee.
This Mediterranean-Revival style building . . . — — Map (db m44616) HM
On 4th Street South at Bayside Drive South, on the left when traveling south on 4th Street South.
One fourth mile east from this point is the site of the first settlement in 1857 and the first Post Office in 1876 of St. Petersburg, then called Pinellas. — — Map (db m50455) HM
Near Hesperides Road (State Road 60) 1.1 miles east of Tiger Lake Road, on the right when traveling east.
During the early 1900s, this area’s long leaf and slash pine forests were home to several small turpentine and timber communities. One such town was Sumica, located approximately two miles south of this location. The name “Sumica” is an . . . — — Map (db m112124) HM
On Keuka Road (State Road 20A) 1.4 miles east of County Road 21, on the right when traveling west.
During the 1870s, Scotsman Charles S. Edgar mined kaolin clay deposits for the Edgar Brothers Clay Company of Metuchen, New Jersey. This clay was used to make heat- resistant bricks and hearth tiles. As the company expanded, Edgar began searching . . . — — Map (db m100893) HM
Near Main Street, 0.1 miles east of Forsyth Street.
Bagdad was a thriving town. At its height, the mill employed about 1,200 mill workers and more than 60 businesses, churches, and schools operated in the village. A November 7, 1885, article in The Pensacola Commercial reported, "Bagdad has . . . — — Map (db m100325) HM
Near Colonia Lane East, 0.5 miles east of South Tamiami Trail (U.S. 41), on the right when traveling east.
History of Nokomis
The early community between Dona Bay and Roberts Bay was part of a larger community known as Horse and Chaise. The name came from clumps of trees that reminded sailors of a horse and chaise (two-wheeled horse-drawn wagon). . . . — — Map (db m124898) HM
Near McIntosh Road, 0.5 miles north of Palmer Ranch Parkway, on the right when traveling north.
The railroad came to Venice in 1911 at the request of Mrs. Potter (Bertha) Palmer. The Seaboard Air Line (SAL) Railway extended its line from Fruitville through Bee Ridge, where the Palmer's Sarasota-Venice Company was developing land, to the . . . — — Map (db m124900) HM
On Aloma Avenue (State Road 426) at Bear Gully Road, on the right when traveling west on Aloma Avenue.
The small community of Gabriella was located on SR 426 about a mile north of Goldenrod, between Goldenrod and Jamestown. The post office was established on July 31, 1886. Sherman Adams was the first post master. The post office was located west . . . — — Map (db m92962) HM
On North Country Club Road at West Lakeview Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North Country Club Road.
1. Site of first store. West side of Second St. between Lake Mary Ave and Grand Bend Ave. Circa 1890
2. Site of A. E. Sjoblom general merchandise store. Between Crystal Lake Ave and South Florida Railroad at First St. Circa late 1800
3. Site of . . . — — Map (db m92993) HM
Near Black Hammock Fish Camp Road, 0.2 miles north of Black Hammock Road when traveling north.
The Oviedo area was first referred to as the Lake Jesup Settlement. Lake Jesup's first store was built on the southern shore in 1870 by John F. Mitchell. Antonio Solary, a Jacksonville merchant, built another store with a larger wharf west of . . . — — Map (db m93010) HM
On East First Street at Palmetto Avenue, on the left when traveling east on East First Street.
The U.S. Post Office Building was built in 1917 by Algernon Blair of Montgomery, Alabama with James Wetmore serving as the supervising architect. The Post Office opened for business August 1, 1918. It is typical of buildings constructed by the U.S. . . . — — Map (db m53081) HM
On West Indiana Avenue west of North Woodland Boulevard (U.S. 17/92), on the right when traveling west.
According to early sources, the first post office in DeLand was in the rear of the Jordan & Lancaster store on West Indiana Avenue somewhere "between Woodland Boulevard and Florida Avenue." Dr. G. W. Lancaster, DeLand's first druggist, was also the . . . — — Map (db m45603) HM
On Beach Street, 0.1 miles west of Front Street, on the left when traveling west.
This Florida Cracker Cottage was one of
several built in the 1860s by Nathaniel
and Elizabeth Hasty, early Ponce Park
settlers, who are buried across the street
in a family cemetery, along with their
faithful handyman, “Cocoa” . . . — — Map (db m112135) HM
On Adel Highway (Georgia Route 76) at Coffee Road, on the right when traveling north on Adel Highway.
The Old Coffee Road, first vehicular and postal route of this area, passed here running southwestward from the Ocmulgee River via today's Lax, Nashville, Cecil, Barwick, and Thomasville to the Florida line above Tallahassee. The thoroughfare was . . . — — Map (db m14751) HM
On Moultrie Highway (Georgia Route 333) at Coffee Road, on the left when traveling south on Moultrie Highway.
The Old Coffee Road, earliest vehicular and postal route of this area, crossed here, leading southwestward from the Ocmulgee River via today's Lax,
Nashville, Cecil, Barwick and Thomasville to the Florida Line. The thoroughfare was opened by . . . — — Map (db m14763) HM
On Parker Avenue at East Lee Street, on the left when traveling south on Parker Avenue.
Brooklet, known for its avenue of oak trees, took shape at the end of the 19th century on property owned by A.J. Lee. Optimistic citizens built a new town beside the recently completed Savannah & Statesboro Railroad. Dr. H.K. Thayer, an early . . . — — Map (db m107867) HM
On Bull St near W. State St., on the right when traveling south.
Entered on the National Register
of Historic Places
June 7, 1974
Federal Building
U.S. Courthouse
Wright Square Postal Station
Savannah, Georgia
Jeremiah O'Rourke
Architect 1899
This Property Significantly Contributes . . . — — Map (db m19824) HM
On Dothan Road (U.S. 84) at Yates Spring Road (Georgia Route 310), on the right when traveling east on Dothan Road.
Brinson
First settled in the 1850’s present day Brinson was originally known as Spring Creek. The name was changed in 1889 when the town was laid out and established by Simeon Brinson. In that same year the Alabama Midland Railroad . . . — — Map (db m55981) HM
On Johnson Ferry Road NE at Donaldson Drive NE, on the left when traveling east on Johnson Ferry Road NE.
Ante-bellum crossroads settlement & Post Office; James Reeve (1792 - 1852) Post Master & merchant. Prior to 1864 the Post Office was removed to a point between Chamblee & Doraville where, name unchanged, it was known as Cross Keys Post Office. To . . . — — Map (db m14052) HM
On South Oliver Street (State Highway 77), on the right when traveling south.
This Road is older than Elberton. Mail was carried over it by Post Riders before Falling Creek Church was built in 1788 and during Washington's Administration. Later a stage coach ran between Elberton & Lexington three times a week, stopping at . . . — — Map (db m21902) HM
On Cascade Road at I 285 Access road (Interstate 285) when traveling north on Cascade Road.
Est. March 1836; discontinued July 7, 1866; a stop on the Decatur Marthasville (Atlanta) and White Hall & Sandtown stagecoach route in intervening years: Also a landmark in the movement of Federal troops from the Atlanta siege lines to Red Oak and . . . — — Map (db m44413) HM
On Harrell Highway (Georgia Route 32) at Post Road, on the right when traveling west on Harrell Highway.
This road, formerly an Indian trail which paralleled the coast, was used by the Spanish and British. In 1778 it was traveled by Revolutionary soldiers who marched against Fort Tonyn. The first mail service south of Savannah was established over . . . — — Map (db m14444) HM
On East Washington Street (Georgia Route 11) 0 miles west of Southern Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
On the site of the Post Office stood a large, white-columned, three-storied house known as the Stage Coach Inn. Horses for the coaches were changed here and stabled across the road from the inn. As the coach approached Monticello, the coachman blew . . . — — Map (db m34539) HM
On South Coastal Hwy (U.S. 17) near Barrington Ferry Road, on the right when traveling south.
This road on the right
was established in 1736 by
Gen. James Oglethorpe.
First postal route south of
Savannah Stage Coach Road
and line of march
of Revolutionary Soldiers.
Saint John's Parish Chapter
Daughters of the American . . . — — Map (db m9002) HM
On East Central Avenue (U.S. 84/221) just west of North Lee Street, on the right when traveling west.
Built 1908-1910 Formerly a United States Post Office and Federal courthouse designed by U.S. Treasury Department Architect J. Knox Taylor Rehabilitated and restored by the City of Valdosta Rededicated in 2010 216 East Central . . . — — Map (db m197662) HM
On Main Street (Georgia Route 17) 0 miles north of McDuffie Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
To Honor
Thomas Edward Watson
1856-1922
Author, Editor, Congressman, U.S. Senator
And
Father of Rural Free Delivery
This Marker was placed in 1949 by Camp No. 1401
Woodmen of the World — — Map (db m58543) HM
On Bostwick Road (Georgia Route 83) at Wallace Road, on the right when traveling north on Bostwick Road.
On the occasion of its Bicentennial, Morgan County placed this marker here to commemorate the community of
Mallory
The early tax records of Morgan County identify the family of "Malry" in the Harris Militia District as early as . . . — — Map (db m20459) HM
On Fairplay Road at Prospect Road, on the left when traveling north on Fairplay Road.
On the occasion of its Bicentennial, Morgan County placed this marker here to commemorate the community of
Fairplay
One of the older communities in Morgan County, Fairplay is identified on county maps as early as 1839. Fairplay did not have a . . . — — Map (db m49808) HM
On Reese Road at Durden Road, on the right when traveling south on Reese Road.
On the occasion of its Bicentennial, Morgan County placed this marker here to commemorate the community of Reese
Originally, the community of Reese was known as Ebenezer, and it has been identified as a community that grew up along an old post . . . — — Map (db m19934) HM
On Fortson Road at Almond Road, on the right when traveling north on Fortson Road.
(Side 1):
Fortson House
Thomas and Elizabeth Almond settled in this area with her orphaned brother Thomas Daniel Fortson in the 1830s. In 1858, as a prominent farmer, Fortson built this Greek Revival Georgian Cottage, its surrounding . . . — — Map (db m227424) HM
On Ogeechee Street (Business U.S. 301) at Main Street (Georgia Route 21), in the median on Ogeechee Street.
Sylvania was established as the county seat of Screven County by an Act of the General Assembly, December 24, 1847. Moses N. McCall, Willis Young, John A. Cross, John R. Kittles, Solomon Zeagler, William Lovett and John Roberts were named . . . — — Map (db m7797) HM
On Braswell Godby Road (County Route 12) at Church Street, on the right when traveling north on Braswell Godby Road.
Side 1: Site of U.S. Post Office Reynoldsville, Georgia
On this site was situated the Reynoldsville Post Office from April 5, 1898 to April 20, 1913. The community was named by the Post Office Department in honor of Reuben Arthur . . . — — Map (db m55677) HM
On Broad Street at Wall Street (Old U.S. 280), on the right when traveling west on Broad Street.
On this corner, in a long building, was Richland’s first post office and a shoe shop. John Audulph, son of Henry Audulph, first settler, was appointed postmaster of Chisholm, Apr. 16, 1839. Six months later, Nov. 26, 1839, Chisholm became Richland, . . . — — Map (db m46656) HM
On Cedar Street (Georgia Route 33) at Coffee Road, on the right when traveling north on Cedar Street.
The Old Coffee Road, earliest vehicular and postal route of this area, passed here, running some 120 miles from the Ocmulgee River via today's Lax,
Nashville, Cecil, Barwick and Thomasville to the Florida Line above Tallahassee. The thoroughfare . . . — — Map (db m14815) HM
On Remington Avenue (Georgia Route 122) at Warren Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Remington Avenue.
The Old Coffee Road, a pioneer vehicular and postal route, passed here. Beginning at the Ocmulgee River, below Jacksonville, it ran some 120 miles via today's Lax, Nashville, Cecil, Barwick and Thomasville to the Florida Line. The thoroughfare was . . . — — Map (db m14812) HM
On East Main Street (Georgia Route 36), on the right when traveling west.
First Post Office at
The Rock
Stage Coach Route
on
Old Federal Road
1816.
Marked by
Gov. Edward Telfair Chapter D.A.R.
Thomaston, GA. 1923. — — Map (db m120334) HM
On Atlanta Highway HW (U.S. 278) at Carey Street, on the left when traveling east on Atlanta Highway HW.
In 1868 at Norwood six men along a five mile rural route hired Jerry Parsons, a Negro who could not read, to deliver and collect mail at their homes each day except Sundays and holidays for his food and clothing. The postmaster at Norwood each . . . — — Map (db m16000) HM
Near U.S. 12 near Fraser Cemetery Road, on the left when traveling east.
David Fraser, a young merchant, came to the area with a pack string headed for Pierce City, the gold rush area, to open a store in the Spring of 1863. Some people of the area encouraged Fraser to open the store here as a lot of the miners had moved . . . — — Map (db m121417) HM
On Custer Motorway Adventure Road - Yankee Fork Road, on the right when traveling west.
Social gathering places for women were less available than for men at Custer. It was not acceptable for nice women to enter saloons or gaming establishments. Most of the socializing for women took place at socials held in homes, at the post office, . . . — — Map (db m109941) HM
On North Main Street/Old U.S. 30 at American Legion Boulevard on North Main Street/Old U.S. 30.
Eight miles east of here, Rattlesnake Station, was an important stop for wagon trains and travelers along the Oregon Trail because of its sure supply of fresh water. Later, a stage station with a post office called "The Mountain Home" was . . . — — Map (db m129572) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 95) at Berger Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
Riggins’ first hotel, Hotel Riggins, built in 1894 by pioneering businessman Dick Riggins, was located in the center of town across from Berger Street. The hotel also served as the post office and in 1901, Dick Riggins was appointed as the first . . . — — Map (db m119446) HM
On Main Street, 0.1 miles north of Ace's Place, on the right when traveling north.
John Riggins was Riggins’ first mailman, carrying the mail from Grangeville to New Meadows by horseback and sometimes by foot.
By 1893, he operated a stage line from Grangeville to Fiddle Creek, north of Riggins and the end of the wagon road.
He . . . — — Map (db m109852) HM
On Main Street near Watson Street, on the right when traveling west.
In 1863 this area was a “Shebeen” (outlaw headquarters) and murder and robbery of travelers were common place. This valley was on the main and original Nez Perce Trail leading into Montana through Elk City. Homesteaders moved into the . . . — — Map (db m121589) HM
On Washington Street at Second Street, on the right when traveling north on Washington Street.
↑ The Last Post Office in Silver City
Original building built about 1868. Known as the "Schleifer" House and later as the "Riordan" House. This was the location of the last post office. It was the home of Fred Webb who lived her . . . — — Map (db m110241) HM
Near this site in 1833, the log store of John S.C. Hogan, was this section’s only post office, serving settler from miles around. Eastern mail was delivered once a week from Niles, Michigan.
Erected by
Chicago’s Charter Jubilee
Authenticated . . . — — Map (db m47724) HM
On West Benton Street, 0.2 miles east of South Lake Street (State Route 31), on the right when traveling east.
Aurora's east/west rivalry dates back to its beginnings. Arriving in 1834 from New York state, town founder Samuel McCarty constructed two mills on the east bank of the river, and the settlement of "McCarty Mills" grew up around them. The settlement . . . — — Map (db m170200) HM
On East High Point Road at East High Point Lane, on the left when traveling south on East High Point Road.
Near this marker, Charles A. Lindbergh landed his de Havilland biplane on the St. Louis Chicago mail run 1926-1927 prior to his transatlantic flight. — — Map (db m150582) HM
On North Wells Street, on the right when traveling north.
An ancient Indian trail, through Pottawattomie country, variably called the Dragoon, White Pigeon, Great Northwestern and Fort Dearborn Road. After 1795 used for mail delivery between Fort Wayne and Fort Dearborn. Captain Wells, Wayne spy, was slain . . . — — Map (db m20782) HM
Near West North Washington Street at North Charles Street, on the right when traveling east.
James H. Johnson was the first postmaster. I don't know if he was the only one, but I
believe he is the only one that is listed in Baker's Postal History of Indiana, 1976 (which
I've consulted at the Logansport Public Library and will look at . . . — — Map (db m163342) HM
Near West North Washington Street at North Charles Street, on the right when traveling east.
Along the Monon Tracks
This building originally served as the post
office in Sleeth, a rural community in
Carroll County about nine miles northwest
of Delphi. Sleeth was also known as
McCoy's Station on the Louisville, New
Albany, & . . . — — Map (db m163341) HM
On Columbia Street (State Road 18) west of South Center Street, on the right when traveling west.
Flora’s Station, on the Logansport, Crawfordsville and Southwestern Ry., was platted in 1872 for John Flora on land entered by him in 1829. Ino Post Office established 1872, changed to Flora in 1873. Also called Fountain City from flowing wells. . . . — — Map (db m42711) HM
On E. Beardsley Avenue east of Montessori Drive, on the right when traveling east.
Pulaski post office established here 1829. Fort Wayne Road, to Chicago-Detroit Road and Niles, forded the river at this point. Village of Elkhart was laid out in 1832 and post office name changed to Elkhart in 1839. — — Map (db m69729) HM
On Pennington Road just east of Barnes Street, on the left when traveling west.
Erected 1853. Built of brick, it is the only three story building in Metamora. Ground floor was a general merchandising establishment operated by 3 generations of the Gordon Family: Milton, Noble and Donald. Metamora Post Office once located in . . . — — Map (db m159965) HM
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