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Introduction
Early History
Death Records 1860-1894

Pioneers
Early Settlers
Joseph McClure
Pardon T Jewell
Marvin Older
Delos E Lyon
Curtis Brothers
Searl and Storrs
Doctors
William McNall

Park Square and Fairs
The Story
The Trial
The Wedding
Franklinville Fair
Bands

Postal History
Introduction
Post Office
Postmasters

Hotels and Inns
Globe Hotel
Hotel Lester
Bard Hotel
Brown Eagle Hotel

Businesses and Industry
Bartholomew's Pharmacy
West Park Square Drug Store
Quality Bakery
Cutlery Industry
Mercantile
Dairy Industry
Firehouse Liquors
Blount Plow

Churches and Buildings
Baptist
Other Churches
Presbyterian
Methodist Episcopal
Amusement Hall
The Miners Cabin

In the Public Trust
Newspapers
Chronicle-Journal
Fire Department
Mt Prospect Cemetery
Public Works

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"Miss McCaa was appointed a village carrier under the provisions of
a special war emergency measure permitting women to take the place of
men in the mail service. After the Armistice, this order was rescinded,
but women already in service were permitted to keep teir jobs. Miss
McCaa stayed.

She started delivering mail here on May 1st, 1920. Then, in
December, 1926, Franklinville changed from a village to a city postal
system, and Miss McCaa who had a rating only as a village carrier was
automatically out of a job. A substitute took her place in January,
1927, but only for a short time while Congress and the Post Office
Department considered the matter. Finally Miss McCaa received a city
postal carrier's rating and was THE FIRST WOMAN IN THE UNITED STATES to
get it. In fact, the postal department told her she would have to
design her own uniform, as all the other wearers of the government
blue-gray were men. She continued carrying mail until ill health forced
her to stop on July 27, 1932."

It would be forty one years before there would be another female
carrier - and she would get the job under entirely different
circumstances. Dolores Ingalls Linderman was appointed letter carrier
for Franklinville July 21, 1973 as the result of a Civil Service
examination.

Robert Ulmer was appointed Postmaster March 17, 1974; therefore he
was the Postmaster during and after the construction of the brick Post
Office on the northeast corner of South Main and First Avenue. It was
built by Palmer Properties of Yorkshire, N.Y., who leased it to the
Postal Service. This marked the first time in the history of
Franklinville that the Post Office was housed in a building built just
for that purpose. Ulmer retired as Postmaster December, 1985.

Here is a picture of the Franklinville
post office, with Postmaster
Fay Greene taken in 1916. 
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Read more about the Post Office and its history:

Introduction
Post Office