Rural Mail Delivery in Door County - by William Arle.

Archive

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Door County Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Rural Mail Delivery in Door County - by William Arle.

Entry/Object ID

2002.05.001

Scope and Content

Rural Mail Delivery in Door County. Mr. Arle gives the background and history of the establishing of rural mail delivery in Door County, along with the road and weather conditions that the rural carriers had to contend with. He also lists the postal route numbers out of the county's various post offices and the names of the early carriers for those routes. There are 10 original, hand-written pages along with photo copies of those pages. Physical Characteristics: 10 sheets, 8 1/4" x 10 1/2", hand written & 10 sheets, 8 1/2" x 11", photocopies.

Collection

Door County Archives

Cataloged By

Sally Treichel

Acquisition

Accession

2002.05

Source or Donor

Ralph Herlache

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Search Terms

Mail Delivery, Door County, Rural

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Papers, Personal

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1954

Archive Size/Extent

20 sheets in 1 folder

Primary Language

English

Archive Notes

Early Create Date: 1954 Date(s): 1954 Date(s) Assembled: 1895 - 1954 Level of Description: Item

Location

Location

Container

Post Offices

Category

Permanent

Date

September 26, 2025

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Provenance

Notes

Custodial History: These papers were given to Ralph Herlache by Richard Conlon.

General Notes

Note

Status: OK

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

June 18, 2002

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

January 15, 2026