Jerry Hatch and the hardest winter on the Arbon mail route, 1929
In the winter of 1928–29 mail carrier Jerry B. Hatch packed the Arbon mail on his back through a snowstorm on the reservation, and a Crystal woman finished the trip on a mail horse.
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In the winter of 1928–29 mail carrier Jerry B. Hatch packed the Arbon mail on his back through a snowstorm on the reservation, and a Crystal woman finished the trip on a mail horse.