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Postal Mail and Philately 📭 Historical Markers
Postal history, stamps, air mail, but not the Pony Express, which has its own series under Roads and Trails.
By Anton Schwarzmueller, January 28, 2015
Southward
GEOGRAPHIC SORT WITH USA FIRST
| On Chestnut Ridge Road (New York State Route 277) at Powers Road, on the left when traveling south on Chestnut Ridge Road. |
| | Established at John Green's Tavern, April 8, 1814 and discontinued April 13, 1820. Mail arrived at this post office 3 times weekly. Settlers traveled miles to receive their mail here. — — Map (db m80795) HM |
| On Broadway (U.S. 20) 0.3 miles east of Colby Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | 1855-1941. On of the first female rural mail carriers. She delivered mail at the turn of the century by horse and buggy. — — Map (db m158644) HM |
| On Main Street (New York State Route 36 & 5) 0 miles west of North Street & State Street (Route 36 & 5). |
| | By Major Gad Blakslee
Early Post Office
First Bank
Apothecary Shop
Now Caledonia Library — — Map (db m58018) HM |
| On Main Street (Route 36 & 5) 0 miles east of Center Street. |
| | By James R. Clark
Early tavern, post office, early bank, library
Certified by Historic American Buildings Survey — — Map (db m58019) HM |
| On Eighth Avenue north of West 31st Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Front:
Hello…
I worked as a letter carrier here after serving in WWII. When I first started, the entire city had one postal zone. Mail volume grew over the next 20 years. To make sorting and delivering easier, the USPS created the Zone . . . — — Map (db m156623) HM |
| Near Broadway near Park Row, on the left when traveling south. Reported permanently removed. |
| | On this site stood the western wall of the Federal Post Office. Designed by Alfred B. Mullet – architect of the Old Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. – the ornate building’s broad north façade faced City Hall, while its sides . . . — — Map (db m130086) HM |
| On Brookside Avenue (New York State Route 17M) 0.1 miles from Academy Avenue (New York State Route 94), on the right. |
| | Site of First Post Office in Chester was located in a small building here in 1794. James Wickham, postmaster — — Map (db m22425) HM |
| On Middle Line Road at Charlton Road, on the left when traveling north on Middle Line Road. |
| | Samuel Southard Tavern - early graveyard - post office -blacksmith shop - stores. George Washington rode through in 1783 — — Map (db m127035) HM |
| On Eatons Corners Road (County Route 147) at Bramans Corners Road (County Route 102), on the right when traveling north on Eatons Corners Road. |
| | Site of post office & store established about 1820 by Lemuel Eaton and run for years. He brought the mail each Saturday on horseback from Amsterdam. — — Map (db m29760) HM |
| On State Street (New York State Route 68) north of Knox Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| |
In 1856, the City of Ogdensburg petitioned the U.S. Treasury Department to construct an imposing Federal building that would suitably reflect Ogdensburg's importance as northern New York's leading social and commercial center.
This structure . . . — — Map (db m75638) HM |
| On Vernon Valley Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Site of first Larkfield Post Office – 1896 in Chester Smith’s Store. Moved across street in 1909. In 1910, it was re-named East Northport. In memory of Frank G. Becher — — Map (db m148823) HM |
| On Main Street at Bridge Street (New York State Route 52), on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
| |
circa 1800's
burned 1893
rebuilt 1894
in-home post office until 1920 — — Map (db m121132) HM |
| On New York State Route 38 at New York State Route 79 on State Route 38. |
| | Built in 1813 by Samuel Smith
who kept a Tavern here
The Richford Post Office
Established here in 1830 — — Map (db m76143) HM |
| On Lake George Road (U.S. 9), on the right when traveling south. |
| | A 19th century community with
the Halfway House, Brown's store
plank road tollgate, School #14,
sawmill, tannery, race track,
Post Office and 14 residences. — — Map (db m18468) HM |
| On Bedford Road (New York State Route 22) 0.1 miles east of Byram Lake Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Revolutionary War
militia headquarters 1779.
First town post office and
North Castle town meeting
place, 1798 – 1850. — — Map (db m24582) HM |
| Near R. Dean Coleman Road. |
| | During the 1870's and 80's, this building served as a community post office. The building has been restored and displays "pigeon holes" which are compartments used to sort the mail.
The building on the right is a smoke house. It dates back to . . . — — Map (db m34735) HM |
| On South Main Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| |
The road from New England
to Charleston, over
which mail was first
carried regularly in
North Carolina, 1738-39,
passed near this spot. — — Map (db m65358) HM |
| On U.S. 17 near the South Carolina line, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The road from New England to Charleston, over which mail was first carried regularly in North Carolina, 1738–39, passed near this spot. — — Map (db m6317) HM |
| Near Battlepark Lane east of Falls Road (State Highway 43), on the right when traveling east. |
| | On this site on
March 22, 1816
the first post office of Rocky Mount
was established.
James C. B. Atkinson, Post Master
Erected under the auspices of L. F. Tillery, county historian,
and Micajah Pitway Chapter, N.S.D.A.R.
May . . . — — Map (db m97928) HM |
| | In 1879 Frank Reynolds and his family from Ayr, Scotland settled on waters of Cove Creek branch of Buffalo Creek. Here a small town grew up around a tannery operated by Reynolds and his sons, notably Thomas. On June 1, 1880 a post office named Ayr . . . — — Map (db m39739) HM |
| On Ohio River Scenic Byway (U.S. 52) 0.3 miles west of Blue Creek Road (County Highway 18), on the right when traveling west. |
| | A thriving riverport in the 19th Century founded in 1835 by William Stout. Elisha Stout, son of William, born and raised here, was one of the founding fathers of Omaha, Nebraska and Denver, Colorado. Former site of Adamsville which served as the . . . — — Map (db m73138) HM |
| On Reily Millville Rd (County Route 29), on the left when traveling west. |
| | Bunker Hill The Millville, Reilly and Milton Turnpike brought prosperity to the
village now renamed Bunker Hill. School House No. 10 stood nearby
from 1849-1857. By 1860 clothing manufacturing was the major
business here. A Post Office was . . . — — Map (db m107801) HM |
| On 3rd Street (U.S. 23/33) at State Street, on the left when traveling south on 3rd Street. |
| | When it was completed in 1887, this building was the first federal district courthouse and post office specifically built for those purposes in the city. A magnificent example of the Romanesque Revival style, the building was more than doubled in . . . — — Map (db m35457) HM |
| | Side A
Listed on the National register of Historic Places in 1974, this building was the post office from 1940 through 1986. It is an example of the Colonial Revival style common in the 1930s and 1940s. The exterior brick work, large . . . — — Map (db m122787) HM |
| On North 4th Street just north of Washington Street (Ohio Route 43/822), on the right when traveling north. |
| |
Circa 1924
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Restored 1995
— — Map (db m156013) HM |
| On South Main Street (County Route 152) 0.2 miles south of Found Road (Ohio Route 292), on the left when traveling south. |
| | [South Side of Marker]: Home of John Garwood
In 1805 the John Garwood family of thirteen children located their home near this spot. Their activities here were responsible for the town of East Liberty. The village laid out 1834. Post . . . — — Map (db m35071) HM |
| On Forest Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | (Circa July 29, 1912 to November 15, 1926) Postmistress Ruby Tarr
This building was the first to serve the southern Indian Lake Postal Region. With the will and determination of Mrs. Isabelle Wicker Pusey and the Indian Lake Historical Society, . . . — — Map (db m104297) HM |
| On Triplett Boulevard (Ohio Route 241) at Massillon Road, on the right when traveling east on Triplett Boulevard. |
| |
To honor the pioneering spirit and enthusiam of the citizens
of Akron who supported the significant advances to
motorless flight from 1929 to 1936.
A commemorative flight today re-enacts the
first towed glider flight 50 years ago
from Akron . . . — — Map (db m156383) HM |
| On River Street at 5th Street, on the right when traveling south on River Street. |
| | [North face of the pavilion]
It all started in June 1974 when Franklin Judge J.T. Riley decided to replace the white building pictured here. It was reputed that the right portion was where J.N.C. Schenck had his store and post office. He . . . — — Map (db m26551) HM |
| On River Street at 5th Street, on the right when traveling south on River Street. |
| | The oldest known structure standing in Franklin, the Old Log Post Office is a reminder of the links the community's earliest members maintained to the rest of the young state of Ohio and to the United States during the early nineteenth century. . . . — — Map (db m26549) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 127) at East Foster Street on North Main Street. |
| | Here, on September 6, 1918, Bryans’ Air Mail Field began oeprations as one of Ohio’s first official airfields ith the arrival of a survey flight to establish air mail service between New York and Chicago. Scheduled servcie began on July 1, 1919, and . . . — — Map (db m3358) HM |
| On Broadway near 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Davenport
Established Immediately After
Sept. 22, 1891 Land Run
Rural Trading Crossroads and
Stagecoach Stop 4 Miles
South of Present Location
Davenport Post Office
Established March 29, 1892
Nettie Davenport, First . . . — — Map (db m41777) HM |
| Near North Highway 66 (U.S. 66) 0.2 miles east of East Apache Street (Oklahoma Highway E0570), on the left when traveling east. |
| | About ½ mile S-W is the site of Fort Spunky, a relay station on the Old Star Mail between St. Louis and California. After the War Between the States, Catoosa was founded as the post office with John Gunter Schrimsher (1835-1905) an uncle of . . . — — Map (db m52004) HM |
| Near U.S. 412 at U.S. 54. |
| |
Townsite planned on Rock Island Railroad survey by
Inter-State Land & Town Co. in 1900.
Rock Island Railroad built through Oklahoma Panhandle 1901.
Town founded as Sanford Post Office 14 June 1901, changed to
Guymon Post Office on 29 June . . . — — Map (db m55267) HM |
| On U.S. 54 0.4 miles east of East Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The post office of Loretta was established May 7, 1898. It was moved to the Texas-Okla. line and the name was changed to Texhoma on Nov. 12, 1901.
The Panhandle of Okla. was called No Man's Land. It was owned by Spain in 1541, . . . — — Map (db m78864) HM |
| On S Troost Ave, on the right when traveling south. |
| | 522 feet north of this point on March 25, 1879 was established Tulsa's first post office. Known at that time as "Tulsey Town" Creek Nation, Indian Territory, Josiah C. Perryman Post-Master. — — Map (db m101675) HM |
| On Dewey Avenue (Oregon Route 7) near Auburn Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Old Post Office building served as Baker City’s post office for 58 years, from completion of construction in 1910 until 1968, when the Post Office relocated to a new Federal Building a block to the south. The building also housed offices of the . . . — — Map (db m108042) HM |
| On NW Wall Street south of NW Riverside Boulevard, on the right when traveling south. |
| |
Construction of the Old Post Office established the presence of the federal government in this area.
It was a project of the Public Buildings Program, a federal agency created by President Herbert Hoover.
As one of the first buildings with . . . — — Map (db m113264) HM |
| On Old Stage Road near Access Road. |
| | First post office in Jackson County established October 15, 1852 in the cabin of Col. William G. T'Vault (1806-1869)
Col. T'Vault was the editor of Oregon's first newspaper "The Oregon Spectator". He was postmaster general of the Oregon . . . — — Map (db m113722) HM |
| | Casper M. Ruch started the Ruch settlement at this cross roads site between Crescent City and Jacksonville in 1896. On ten acres purchased from J.M. McDonough be built a home, blacksmith shop, warehouse, dance hall, store, and smoke house, curing . . . — — Map (db m112485) HM |
| On Old Redwood Highway at Fish Hatchery Rd on Old Redwood Highway. |
| | One of the oldest Post Offices still standing in operation in what would have been the State of Jefferson if Japan had not attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7th 1941.
This Post Office was established in what was called Slate Creek. It was established . . . — — Map (db m112513) HM |
| On Crescent Cutoff Rd (Oregon Route 61) at Riverview Street, on the left when traveling west on Crescent Cutoff Rd. |
| | Camping grounds of: Ogden 1826, Fremont
1843, Williamson & Abbot 1856, Lord 1860,
Huntington 1867, travelers & stockmen
of the Huntington/Pengra Road 1870-1910's
1897: homestead of Charles & Eva Graves
1901: Odell Post Office established . . . — — Map (db m112872) HM |
| On Topsy Grade Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | A post office, stage and freight stop on the Topsy Road between Yreka-Ager and Klamath-Butte Valleys. — — Map (db m100326) HM |
| Near Boise Street east of 3rd Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Platted March 8, 1871 by H. L. Turner with the building of the railroad to California. Site of Turner Flouring Mills. First rural free delivery in Oregon made from the Turner Post Office, October 16, 1897, under George F. Robertson, Postmaster. — — Map (db m63938) HM |
| On Southwest Dorion Avenue at Southwest 1st Street, on the left when traveling west on Southwest Dorion Avenue. |
| | This brick building was constructed in 1916 by the Federal Government and has been in continuous use as a Post Office and Courthouse since that time. The structure was dedicated as the John F. Kilkenny United States Courthouse and Post Office on . . . — — Map (db m111682) HM |
| On West 2nd Street at Union Street, on the right when traveling west on West 2nd Street. |
| | Historic Downtown The Dalles
Five photographs with descriptions are on the marker:
(top right) North on Union Street behind the current Post Office was the Dalles Railroad Depot, built prior to 1910. It was south of the ferry landing . . . — — Map (db m112464) HM |
| On West 2nd Street (Business U.S. 30) near Union Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The United States Post Office, which opened in 1916, was the first postal building erected in The Dalles. It was designed in the Roman Classical style under the direction of Oscar Wenderoth, Supervising Architect of the Treasury. Its facing of . . . — — Map (db m112073) HM |
| Near Children's Way 0.1 miles east of West Commons. |
| |
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
Originally Allegheny Post Office
William M. Aiken, Architect 1894-97 — — Map (db m58600) HM |
| Near Broad Street at Bank Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Old Sewickley Post Office
1910
James Knox Taylor, U.S. Treasury supervising architect — — Map (db m65415) HM |
| On Centerville Road 0.1 miles south of Nave Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Mail was delivered here on foot over Wills Mtn. from the B&O Railroad in Hyndman, PA. The 4 mile Mail Path was used from 1871 until 1923. Mail was also delivered 4 more miles over Evitts Mtn. to Bean's Cove. After 1923, mail arrived here via Blue . . . — — Map (db m84288) HM |
| On North 5th Street (Business U.S. 522) just south of Walnut Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| |
Site of the
First Post Office
of Reading, Berks Co., Penna.
1793 - 1823
John Walter - Postmaster
Property of
The Woman's Club
of Reading, PA.
January 2, 1919
— — Map (db m160640) HM |
| On Main Street/Dublin Pike (Pennsylvania Route 313) at Maple Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Main Street/Dublin Pike. |
| |
Historic Place
Heritage Conservancy — — Map (db m114602) HM |
| On Perry Highway (U.S. 19) at Unionville Road, on the right when traveling north on Perry Highway. |
| | Cranberry Township's first post office, Ogle, opened 1850 in the home of Thomas Robinson on old Perry Highway (now Dutilh Road) .09 mile south of here. The post office and Ogle placename later moved to this location where postal services alternated . . . — — Map (db m44378) HM |
| On Bishop Street (State Highway 550) at School Street, on the right when traveling east on Bishop Street. |
| | The initial stop on the first scheduled west-bound air mail flight was made here by Pilot Leon D. Smith on December 18, 1918. The site for the field was chosen by pioneer aviator Max Miller and was in regular use for air mail until 1925. — — Map (db m32177) HM |
| |
During the first decade of
transcontinental airmail,
pilots flew over the Alleghenies
with a fueling stop in Bellefonte.
Unpredictable weather and
changing winds cost the lives
of 34 valiant young pilots in
this most dangerous leg . . . — — Map (db m144734) HM |
| On Third Street at Walnut Street on Third Street. |
| | One block northeast of Harrisburg's Market Square is located a place that became known by the end of the 19th century as Federal Square, the block bounded by N. Third, Locust, Court and Walnut Streets. Since 1877, this block has been the site of the . . . — — Map (db m6695) HM |
| On Glen Mills Road at Thornton Road, on the right when traveling east on Glen Mills Road. |
| | A crossroads village. Thornton served as a rest stop for travelers between York and Philadelphia, providing livery, blacksmith, and wheelwright services as well as Inn accommodations at the Historic “Yellow House” built by George Gray, . . . — — Map (db m45532) HM |
| On Friedens Road (CR4020). |
| | The land that comprised Washington Township was separated from Heidelberg Township in 1847. The establishment of the Union Church led to the region’s settlement. John Peters, the area’s first landowner, was the namesake for the village known as . . . — — Map (db m85686) HM |
| On Market Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Market Street. |
| |
Over a century on the Square
Site of first Post Office
Mifflin County
Historic Place
Circa 1893 — — Map (db m52419) HM |
| On North Main Street (State Highway 147) at Front Street:, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street. |
| | By deed dated Oct. 7, 1750, Richard and Thomas Penn conveyed the land upon which Herndon is located to Conrad Weiser for negotiating the Treaty of 1749 with the Indians. In 1850, the Trevorton, Mahanoy and Susquehanna Railway Co. erected a railroad . . . — — Map (db m14912) HM |
| On Haldeman Avenue at Red Lion Road (Pennsylvania Route 63), on the right when traveling east on Haldeman Avenue. |
| |
The first regularly scheduled US Post Office Air Mail delivery took place here, mid-point of the New York-Philadelphia-Washington Air Mail Route. On May 15, 1918, US Army Lt Torrey Webb, in a Curtiss "Jenny" biplane, left New York at 11:45 am, . . . — — Map (db m132153) HM |
| On West Pennsylvania Avenue at Post Road, on the right when traveling east on West Pennsylvania Avenue. |
| | On November 24, 1896, the United States Post Office Department established Pennsylvania's first two rural mail routes here in Westmoreland County. One operated from the post office here in New Stanton; the other operated out of nearby Ruffsdale . . . — — Map (db m55001) HM |
| On 7th Street near Sumter Avenue South, on the right when traveling east. |
| | [front text]
Fairfax, chartered in 1893 and
incorporated in 1896, grew out of
an early community centered around
Owens' Crossroads, where a store
was established in 1814, and later
including Bethlehem Baptist Church
( now First . . . — — Map (db m7082) HM |
| On Ranger Drive (State Highway 6), on the left when traveling south. |
| | This post office, originally named Cross Mill,
was established in 1879. Adam Cross, a local
storekeeper & Civil War veteran, was first
postmaster. — — Map (db m22745) HM |
| On Ranger Drive (State Highway 6) near Country Pond Lane, on the right when traveling south. |
| | John J. Cross (1810~1890) bought 500 acres here in 1844 and soon expanded Moss Grove into one other most productive cotton plantations in antebellum Berkeley District. This house was built ca. 1880 for Cross's son Adam (1844~1906), who farmed here . . . — — Map (db m22563) HM |
| On Broad Street at Meeting Street, on the right when traveling east on Broad Street. |
| | Entered on the National Register of
Historic Places
August 13, 1974
U.S. Post Office and Courthouse
Charleston, South Carolina
John H. Devereux
Architect 1896
This property significantly contributes to the . . . — — Map (db m27449) HM |
| On Pitt Street at Bank Street on Pitt Street. |
| | In 1899, the Patjens family built this small office adjacent to their store on Church Street, to serve as the post office in Mount Pleasant. The Patjens family served as postmasters until 1917. Patjens Post Office has been owned and maintained by . . . — — Map (db m37814) HM |
| On East Main Street (State Highway 9) at Scotch Road, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street. |
| |
(side 1)
This post office, built in 1937-38, is one of several New Deal-era post offices in S.C. designed by the Public Works Division of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Its architecture, a restrained version of the Colonial Revival . . . — — Map (db m102634) HM |
| | In 1792 Major William Ford built a dam at each end of Bear Swamp, creating a millpond and building a grist mill. This area was known as Ford’s Mill for many years. In 1870 Dr. C. T. Ford sold the property to his brother-in-law, Joseph N. Page, who . . . — — Map (db m27945) HM |
| On West Main Street (State Highway 917) near North Marion Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In rural communities throughout the country, the local general store was the focal point of town activities. Not only did these stores serve to provide the necessities of life, they offered a gathering point for the exchange of information and more . . . — — Map (db m45600) HM |
| On U.S. 78 at School House Road (County Route S-18), on the right when traveling east on U.S. 78. |
| |
(side 1)
This town, in Colleton County before Dorchester County was founded in 1897, dates to the early 19th century and the origins of railroading in S.C. By 1843, only ten years after the S.C. Canal & Rail Road Company completed its . . . — — Map (db m71887) HM |
| On Calhoun St. (State Highway 23) at Monument Drive, on the right when traveling east on Calhoun St.. |
| | A house built for Emsley Lott about 1770, later Lott's Tavern and still later Lott's Post Office, stood here until it was demolished in 1918. Lott soon enlarged his one-room log house to become a tavern on the Columbia road. In 1839 his son John . . . — — Map (db m28225) HM |
| On U.S. 378 at Bay Road, on the left when traveling east on U.S. 378. |
| | [Front] Hannah, named for the Hannah/Hanna family, was known as Cane Branch or Lynches River before a post office was opened here in 1887. William S. Hannah (1807-1876), a farmer and merchant, built his house nearby in 1847 and also ran a . . . — — Map (db m37310) HM |
| On Farrow Parkway at Hendrick Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Farrow Parkway. |
| | General Jenkins served at Myrtle Beach Air Force Base as Vice Commander and then Commander of the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing from August 1987 to March 1990. He accumulated more than 3,100 flying hours in tactical fighter aircraft, including the . . . — — Map (db m102230) HM WM |
| | Built c. 1790 as a lawyer's office at Granby on
the Congaree River, this building was rolled to
the new county seat called Lexington Courthouse
in 1820 and was used as a medical office for Dr.
Thomas Simmons (1794-1853). His widow,
Mary, . . . — — Map (db m21937) HM |
| On South Main Street at Red Bluff Street, on the right on South Main Street. |
| | McLaurin's Muster Ground, located at this crossroads, became a polling place in 1825. According to local tradition, the community was later called Ivy's Crossroads. A post office named Clio was established here in 1836 and the town incorporated in . . . — — Map (db m18201) HM |
| On US Highway 176, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Originally named Countsville, this post office was established in 1823. In 1840, it was renamed Pomaria, probably for William Summer's nearby Pomaria Nursery. By 1851 the Columbia and Newberry Railroad had completed a line through here, and six . . . — — Map (db m13252) HM |
| On Chester Highway (U.S. 321) at McConnells Highway (State Highway 332), on the left when traveling north on Chester Highway. |
| |
After the Kings Mountain Railroad was completed in 1852, the McConnellsville Post Office was established here in 1854. The town, named for the McConnell family, was incorporated in 1906. The first intendant was J.T. Crawford; wardens were J.F. . . . — — Map (db m24537) HM |
| On Ebenezer Road (State Highway 274) at North Herlong Avenue (State Highway 728), on the right when traveling north on Ebenezer Road. |
| |
The town of Ebenezer was incorporated in 1893. Dr. W.B. Fewell was the first intendant, and the first wardens were J.W. Avery, A.A. Barron, S.A. Fewell, and J.B. Neely. The post office here from 1890-1911 was called Old Point. Earlier post . . . — — Map (db m24817) HM |
| On Ebenezer Road at Bailey Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Ebenezer Road. |
| | This former farming community grew up around Ebenezer Presbyterian Church which had been organized by 1785. Here was located the famed Ebenezer Academy often called "The Athens of York." The first post office was established as Ebenezer Academy in . . . — — Map (db m28249) HM |
| | U.S. Post Office and Courthouse
This building was described as "handsome in every respect" when it opened in 1932. It replaced a 1906 post office and housed a new district court and federal offices. It served as a post office until 1986 and . . . — — Map (db m16626) HM |
| On Gaver Rd. 1 mile east of Helmer Rd., on the left when traveling east. |
| | Original Site of the
U.S. Post Office and Store
Minnesela
So. Dak.
1882 - 1901 — — Map (db m90569) HM |
| On 296th Ave at State Highway 10, on the right when traveling north on 296th Ave. |
| | Side A The Flint store and post office was built on this site in 1895. It was named after Moses E. Flint , and early homesteader. Mr. Flint served as a teamster with General Custer on the 1876 campaign against the Sioux which ended with the . . . — — Map (db m112082) HM |
| On Broadway St S at 1st Ave SE, on the left when traveling south on Broadway St S. |
| |
After years of renting spaces, the US Postal Service constructed the building on the corner of Broadway and First Avenue North in 1908 to 1909. By 1932, it was clear that the facilities were not adequate, which resulted in a well-blended . . . — — Map (db m113231) HM |
| On CanAm Highway / West Main Street (U.S. 85) at Stone Street, on the right when traveling north on CanAm Highway / West Main Street. |
| |
Lead's Post Office, which had been located in the Hearst Mercantile Building on North Mill Street since 1897, moved into this imposing structure in 1912.
Congress had appropriated money for the new post office several years earlier, but . . . — — Map (db m120056) HM |
| On Fort Campbell Blvd (U.S. 41A). |
| | Located at Oak Grove, midway between Clarksville and Hopkinsville, Kentucky, the Old Post Office served as a stop for the triweekly stagecoaches which operated between Nashville and the Ohio River towns. This building was erected in the 1830's or . . . — — Map (db m76463) HM |
| On Brotherton Mountain Road at Buck Mountain Road, on the right when traveling north on Brotherton Mountain Road. |
| | Located ¼ mile south of this point on what was originally Old Walton Road, Mount Granger was the western distribution point for all U.S. mails to the southwestern frontier. In 1806 Mount Granger was named in honor of the Hon. Gideon Granger, . . . — — Map (db m157373) HM |
| On Chester Street just north of Forrest Street. |
| | The Town's first post office building was located in the row of businesses facing the railroad tracks in the area of town currently known as Depot Square. The first Postmaster, Danial Kerman,was appointed in 1866. Even though the Town was called . . . — — Map (db m85897) HM |
| On Adams Street at Alley Between N. Third and N. Fourth, on the right when traveling east on Adams Street. |
| | On June 6, 1862 Memphis surrendered to Federal gunboats. The only resistance by citizens occurred here as a shot was fired at the soldiers hoisting the U.S. flag over the post office. — — Map (db m84464) HM |
| Near Monroe Avenue just west of South Main Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Brodnax Jewelers, the original occupant of the Brodnax Building, at one time sold more Rolex watches than any other retailer in the world. When this building was built in 1916 as their headquarters, their mail-order business claimed to sell more . . . — — Map (db m148949) HM |
| On Carl Moore Parkway (U.S. 421) at Old Jonesboro Road, on the right when traveling east on Carl Moore Parkway. |
| | It crosses the highway here. Originally a branch of the Great War and Trading Path, it was later an important route from Virginia to the west. The first mail route between Richmond and Washington ran over it. Many notables used it, including Andrew . . . — — Map (db m157952) HM |
| On Chestnut Ridge Road just west of Memorial Boulevard (Tennessee Highway 126), on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1779, James Hollis, Sr. erected this house on Island Road, Tennessee's first wagon road, built in 1761. The Sullivan County Court met here from 1780 to 1792. John Yancey purchased the home in 1782, using it for Yancey's Tavern. By the 1840s, it . . . — — Map (db m158066) HM |
| | The early settlement of “Petersburg” was granted a post office in 1858. At that time, the village’s name was changed to Arrington for the nearby creek. Among the early families were Buchanan, Couch, Crockett, Duff, King, Morris, . . . — — Map (db m112079) HM |
| | In July 1908 Lebanon's growth and prominence qualified the town for free citywide mail delivery. Congressman Cordell Hull secured funding of $50,000 for this federal post office building. The cornerstone was laid on October 30, 1913. Chief . . . — — Map (db m100113) HM |
| On Eunice Highway (Route 176) at Farm to Market Road 181, on the right when traveling east on Eunice Highway. |
| | In 1941 the Fullerton Oil Company of California struck oil near this site, and by 1945 more than 100 drilling rigs were in operation. The discovery brought great numbers of workers into the area, resulting in the establishment of the town of . . . — — Map (db m61418) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1784 at Verdi Road, on the right when traveling north on Route 1784. |
| | By 1855, settlers primarily from Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee, as well as some of Spanish origin, were making their homes in this area and calling themselves Lucas Community because of their proximity to Lucas . . . — — Map (db m56611) HM |
| On West Travis Street at North Lexington Street, on the right when traveling east on West Travis Street. |
| | Present-day Holland has its origins in three different settlements. Settlers first came here during the 1830s to farm the area’s fertile soil. A community named Mountain Home (0.5 mi SE) formed along Darrs Creek and included a school, church, . . . — — Map (db m75700) HM |
| On East 5th Street at East 5th Street, on the left when traveling east on East 5th Street. |
| | Currently, only Federal office building to straddle state line. Present Texas-Arkansas state boundary (established in 1841 by United States and Republic of Texas) passes through center.
Each state had separate post offices until 1892, when first . . . — — Map (db m96566) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 378 3.5 miles south of Texas Highway 86, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The first two post offices in the area were established at Celtic and Luther on May 2, 1891, eleven months before formal organization of Briscoe County. Celtic was named by pioneer E.R. Thomas, who operated the post office and a store in his home . . . — — Map (db m99857) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 218 at County Road 281, on the left when traveling east on Road 218. |
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The first store and post office and 17 families were on the banks of Blanket Creek.
Brown County Historical Landmark Site — — Map (db m89653) HM |
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