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c.1930: Dad Wellington (in hat) standing at barbed wire fence. Mule hitched to wagon; reins hitched to fence post. Postmaster D. C. Thomas, Edwards, CO, sitting in wagon.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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c.1932: W. H. "Dad" Wellington shown in mail wagon, with his donkey, "Jack" standing next to the railroad crossing sign at Edwards. Lettuce shed is on the far left, with stacks of crates. Wellington hauled mail from the railroad to the Edwards Post Office twice a day for over 42 yrs.
"He has driven this route, carrying the mail for forty-four years, since May 13, 1895, without missing a single trip. He makes three each day. He calls his mule...
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"The old mail carrier at Edwards, W. H. Wellington." -- Esther Klatt
"Dad" Wellington began carrying the mail between the post office in Edwards, Colorado, and the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad station in Edwards on May 13, 1895. He was scheduled for 14 trips per week at a distance of 2,264 feet per trip, using his buckboard pulled by "Faithful Jack." Wellington claimed it was the only mule mail route in the United States."
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Grand Junction MSC Dispatch Nov./Dec. 1984 p.8: "While the United States Postal Service held a ceremony to introduce the McGruff stamp at the Smithsonian Institute's Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., on September 26, 1984, Eagle County had its own ceremony. Eight postmasters and Sheriff A. J. Johnson gathered in Edwards for the celebration along with their special guest, McGruff. It was a good day for promoting awareness of crime...
