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Rural residents received first mail delivery in 1911
Residents of rural Odessa are used to the post office’s daily mail delivery, but before September 1, 1911, farm families had to rely on general delivery, coming into town to pick up their mail.
The July 28, 1911, issue of The Odessa Record announced the coming of the new rural free delivery service. Two routes would serve Odessa. The Automobile, just coming into general use, made this possible.
The report follows:
Postmaster L.C. Weik has received word from the Post Office Department in Washington, D.C., that two rural mail routes will be established out of Odessa on September 1, both to have...
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