Penny Postcards

Lewis County

Main Street, Centralia N.P.P.R. Depot, Centralia
Main Street, Centralia WA N.P.P.R Depot, Centralia WA
Beautiful Homes Chehalis WA
Beautiful Homes, Centralia WA Unknown
Southwest WA Fair Grounds Mt. Rainier
Southwest Washington Fair Grounds Mt. Rainier & Paradise Valley, WA
Factory Section, Chehalis
Factory Section, Chehalis, WA Chehalis Avenue
State Industrial School, Chehalis
Furniture Factory, Chehalis, WA State Industrial School, Chehalis, WA
HS Building, Chehalis Market Stree, Chehalis
High School Building, Chehalis, WA Market Street, Chehalis, WA
State Training School, Chehalis Washington School, Centralia
State Training School, Chehalis, WA Washington School, Centralia, WA
McKinley Stump Truck Logging
McKinley Stump, Chehalis, WA Truck Logging, Western Washington

 

 

The smallest post office in the United States

Smallest Post Office

"During the final quarter of the nineteenth century a number of settlers established themselves in the vicinity of Mineral their own roads and only questionable trails.

Supplies and mail were packed in mainly from Tacoma or Spanaway but as the Tacoma Eastern Railroad was extended from various way points among the land where this little building now stands.

The settlers coming back in usually brought the mail of the entire area and since the Ahlstrands home was quite central, left it there Mr. Ahlstrand conceived the idea of building and maintaining this structure as a post office.

He and Mrs. Ahlstrand made certain that every family or single settler was provided with a post office box.


The use of the building was continued until the establishment of a post office in the town of Mineral and there are persons still residing in this area who will remember the days when the little post office so well served its purpose.

The Mineral Lake Lions Club has restored the building with the permission of Mr. and Mrs. H.T. Berglund of Tacoma, the present owners Mrs. Berglund, a niece of Mrs. Ahlstrand and lived here with the Ahlstrands for many years."

Reprinted from the sign on the building.

Pedigree ChartQueries
& Questions

Research Cost is $10.00 per hour plus copy fees and postage. Please send your research request and $10.00 check or money order to:

Lewis County Genealogical Society
Attn: Margie Lloyd
P. O. Box 782
Chehalis, WA 98532

Include all pertinent information i.e. Date of Birth, Date of Death, Place of Death, First Name, and Last Name.

A SASE would speed up the process.