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Subject: Re: No. 21 TRENDS: Bartlett gets Rural Free Delivery Route in 1906.
Date: 10 Mar 2005 18:13:33 -0700

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Surnames: Rector, Kingsbury, Foster
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The first postoffice serving the northwestern corner of Fremont county was that of Osage, with Harlow Kingsbury, postmaster. It was established on Apri. 1, 1851 and discontinued on June 17, 1856. The Sidney Argus-Herald printed an article on this postoffice in four installments beginning on Oct. 17, 1974.

Buchanan postoffice replaced Osage, and was in operation from 1858 to 1861. Richard Baxter Foster was the postmaster. Again, it was the Sidney Argus - Herald which printed an article, in several parts, on this postoffice, the first part beginning on January 16, 1992.

Finally, Bartlett postoffice was established on June 3, 1867. After the Civil War, northwestern Fremont county had received its mail through the Egypt postoffice, which was established on August 17, 1865 and which was located in the southwestern corner of Mills county.......Fred Rector (Jan. 15, 1867 - July 25, 1934) was the first rural route carrier--on the only rural route that Bartlett ever had.--W.F.

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