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Rural Free Delivery

  • Before rural delivery began in 1902, people in rural areas had to pick up their mail at their local post office. This was not always convenient, and in…
  • While today we take rural mail delivery for granted, that was not the case in 1909. On this date that year, there was exciting news for Beach, North…
  • Prior to Rural Free Delivery, those who lived in remote areas had to pick up their mail at a post office, often long distances from their homesteads.…