Arbon post office moves to the Bailey farm, and nearly closes
March 17, 1922 · Newspaper clipping
In 1922 the Arbon post office left its building by the Central school for J. R. Bailey’s home and came within weeks of closing, the latest turn for an office that had followed its keepers since 1898.
- When
- March 17, 1922
- Who
- James Richard BaileyEach name opens the family on the valley map.
- Family
- Bailey family on the valley map ↗
- Where
- Arbon
- What
- Newspaper clipping
- Credit
- American Falls Press, March 17, 1922, page 4. Library of Congress, Chronicling America.
- From
- Arbon post office moves to the Bailey farm, and nearly closes
- Record
- The whole newspaper page ↗
- Albums
- Bailey family · Arbon · From the Old Papers
Original record
The article as printed in the American Falls Press, March 17, 1922, page 4. Library of Congress, Chronicling America.
Original filename: who-kept-the-arbon-post-office-1898-1922.jpg
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