Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 11—The Great Northern Fast Mail train No. 27 came through Spokane every evening in the early 20th century. Its route from ...

When railway postal clerks asked for better pay in 1902, the Lima Times-Democrat declared that, if anyone deserved a raise, the workers who sorted mail on and distributed it from a fast-moving train ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This collection consists of nine ...

On August 28, 1864, while the nation was still in the midst of the Civil War, the Post Office Department established the Railway Mail Service. The new service revolutionized the way mail was processed ...

The Great Northern Fast Mail train No. 27 came through Spokane every evening in the early 20th century. Its route from Chicago to the West Coast took more than 47 hours but was the fastest way to send ...