The United States Post Office Department began experimenting with Rural Free Delivery as early as 1890, and in 1893 legislation was passed that mandated the practice. Universal implementation was finally extended across the nation in 1902. Rural free delivery was established at Gladwin on July 1, 1902, and parcel post in 1913. Rural carriers who served out of the Gladwin Post Office included: B...
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