Until 1881 the inhabitants were compelled to go to Fish Haven, Idaho, a distance of seven miles, for their mail. The first post office was opened in 1881 in the home of Charles Longhurst. It was located on a side street about two blocks north of the meeting house.
In 1887 Harriet B. Cook Teeples was appointed Post Mistress, keeping it for ten years; then George E. Pope was appointed a Post Master and had it until 19065, at which time Harriet Teeples was again appointed and served until 1924, making a total of twenty-eight years. Others who had the Post Office are N. John Hodges, Ernest Woffinden,, Maurine Cook Jensen and Lavina Pope. After the death of Lavine Pope, her daughter Mae Pope Hodges, served for several months until Paul A. Spence was appointed.
The mail was carried by horse teams through the valley. They usually changed teams at Garden City. When the weather was bad, sometimes it took two days to get to Randolph and back. Many times in the winter when the drifts were many and deep the mail had to be carried by horse back.
From the book "Rich Memories' published in 1962
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