Postal Mail and Philately
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMU80_post-office-oak_Council-Grove-KS.html
The stump before you is all that is left of a grand old oak tree that was about 270 years old when it died in 1990. The tree, which once stood 80 feet high, was located in the campground used by Santa Fe Trail travelers. It is said to have been used as a "p…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMUOC_post-office-and-general-store_Latta-SC.html
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 often th…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMUOF_the-first-post-office_DeLand-FL.html
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 first po…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMVER_first-post-office-site_Richland-GA.html
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, named fo…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMW2X_neillsville-post-office_Neillsville-WI.html
This propertyhas been placed on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the InteriorNeillsvillePost Office1937
Henry Morgenthau JrSecretary of the TreasuryJames A FarleyPost Master GeneralLouis A SimonSupervising Architect…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMW5D_first-post-office_Chicago-IL.html
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 byChicago's Charter JubileeAuthenticated by Chicago Histori…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMW5X_united-states-post-office-and-courthouse_Las-Vegas-NV.html
This propertyhas been placed on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior
United States Post Officeand Courthousec.1933
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMWEX_marshfield-post-office_Marshfield-WI.html
This propertyhas been placed on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMWHL_rural-free-delivery_Tecumseh-NE.html
Site of theFirst Rural Free DeliveryMail Route In NebraskaOn November 7, 1896
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMWZ1_first-post-office-site_Melbourne-FL.html
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 and a gre…