Site of First Post Office in Wise County Odessa
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N 32° 59.888 W 097° 29.873
14S E 640331 N 3652081
Located at an intersection in what is now a residential area.
Waymark Code: WMADHD
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/31/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member QuesterMark
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Marker Number: 4787

Marker Text:
Established September 8, 1855. First white settler in Wise County, Benjamin B. Haney, was the first postmaster. Second was Martha E. Marshall, appointed December 5, 1856; third, Nathan Huff, served from March 16, 1860, until office was discontinued on December 5, 1866. David C. Haynes and William Quagle, contractors, brought mail every Saturday by stagecoach from Birdville (25 miles southeast), arriving Odessa 12:00 noon. Stayed at George Wilmouth Inn two hours, arriving in Birdville 8:00 p.m. Second post office, Newark, opened 1893, after another Odessa was founded in Ector County. (1967)
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