John A. Smith, Jr., Melvin T. Strider, and Vesta Watters Jones
Entry/Object ID
IMG3226
Description
(Left to right) John A. Smith, Jr., Melvin T. Strider, and Vesta Watters Jones in front of the historic marker at the Charles Town Post Office at the southwest corner of George and Washington Streets.
Melvin T. Strider was one of the first Rural Free Delivery carriers in 1896.
In 1919, Vesta Watters Jones became the first woman to carry mail in West Virginia and one of the first in the country.
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