FIRST -- Rural Postal Route in Texas, La Grange TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz
N 29° 54.401 W 096° 52.637
14R E 704946 N 3310338
A short pink granite historic marker at the US Post office in La Grange, site of the first rural postal route in Texas
Waymark Code: WMVP6M
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/12/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Zork V
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This 1936 centennial monument-style historic marker stands at the southwest corner of the US Post Office in La Grange, where the first US postal route in Texas was established in 1899.

The marker reads as follows:

"Authorized effective August 1, 1899. La Grange, Fayette County.

Erected by the State of Texas
1936

[engraved on back]

FAYETTE COUNTY RURAL LETTER CARRIERS ASSOCIATION

John L. Glese, President.
Chas. C. Albrect, Secy Treas."
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event

Date of FIRST: 08/01/1899

More Information - Web URL: Not listed

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