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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1941
Page
9
Fredericksburg’s postal service traces to its founding with the 1848 establishment and Theodore Specht as postmaster. Early letters reveal settlers’ homesick yearnings, commerce notes to the Adelsverein, and the colony’s ties to Germany amid the Edwards Plateau landscape.
The building, started as a courthouse in 1852, served as the Post Office from 1885 to 1923 and earlier housed an opera house. After the Post Office moved, it became the Sheriff's Office until the new courthouse was built, and it was razed for today’s new Post Office dedication.
A historical overview notes the Texas post office's frequent relocations over 93 years. It describes early transportation methods including horseback carriers, Concord coaches from El Paso to San Antonio, and risk-filled routes with guards for mail and cargo.
The article recalls Fredericksburg’s postal roots from 1848 to 1867, detailing first postmaster Theodore Specht and successors like Thomas Doss and Henry Lochte. It describes post offices housed with general stores, the role of wagons and mail bays, and the social center created by the post office amid Civil War tension.
Records from the U S Post Office show Fredericksburg’s postal operation expanding from 1 500 residents and 3 971 receipts in 1910 to 3 544 residents and 16 729 receipts in 1940. The staff includes the postmaster three regular clerks one substitute and four rural free delivery carriers.
Photo from the collection of Ad. Wehmeryer shows a late 19th century Fredericksburg post office building. Official records list August Schild as post master from August 21, 1867 to Julius Brockman on April 4, 1878. The site later became Boening Motor Co in lower Fredericksburg.
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