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Snowmobiles and Mule Trains Carry U S Mail Across America
A coastal and inland tour of mail routes shows the US Postal Service using snowmobiles, boats, horses, and mule trains to reach remote communities. Lloyd Parsons delivers by horse to Cicerone, West Virginia, while rigs on Rogue River and the Detroit River shuttle mail dock to dock. In Alabama the Magnolia River route runs 64 years by boat, and the Grand Canyon mule train still serves the Havasupai, though helicopters have replaced some operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogue River
Wilds
Oregon
High Seas
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Lloyd Parsons
West Virginia
Advent
Cicerone
Trigger
Roll Call
Postal Pioneers
Gold Beach
Agness
U.S
Detroit River
South
Alabama
Magnolia
Kenneth
Bud” Snyder
Grand Canyon
Hualapai
Arizona
Canyon
Alaska