Old Post Office

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Westport Island History

The Old Post Office on right at Westport, Me.: This is an E. Joseph Leighton postcard of the old post office (pictured on the right). The "old post office" had been the store of William McKinney (1844-1904). His store, established about 1870, sold such items as candy, needles, thread, shoe laces, calico, school supplies, tobacco, fish lines and patent medicines. McKinney was postmaster and distributed the mail from his store from 1889 probably until 1904 when he died. In 1905, rural free delivery was started with Charles L. Cromwell as the mail carrier.
The Old Post Office on right at Westport, Me.

This is an E. Joseph Leighton postcard of the old post office (pictured on the right). The "old post office" had been the store of William McKinney (1844-1904). His store, established about 1870, sold such items as candy, needles, thread, shoe laces, calico, school supplies, tobacco, fish lines and patent medicines. McKinney was postmaster and distributed the mail from his store from 1889 probably until 1904 when he died. In 1905, rural free delivery was started with Charles L. Cromwell as the mail carrier.

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Old Post Office

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