History article written for Granite Falls website,How Did We Travel Post-Railroad
and Pre-Community Transit?
The railroad reached all the way to
Monte Cristo in 1893, but with sporadic
service came lapses in communication.
Around 1910, auto stages started
carrying passengers and mail to Granite
Falls.
The top photo shows McCoy Stage's 1912
Cadillac and Model T Ford parked by the
bank in Granite Falls.
The second shows that same Cadillac
with mail loaded on its hood, passengers
inside, and future postmaster C.R.
Bockmier (driver) stopped at the
Lochsloy Post Office (now a gas station
and convenience store).
A picture from 1924 shows mail to
outlying areas like Robe being delivered
on horseback, a period during which
Granite Falls Post Office operated a
Model T touring car to deliver mail
around the loop of Menzel Lake Rd and
Robe Menzel Rd our first “rural route
delivery.”
McCoy’s Stage had two automobiles: a 1912 Cadillac
and a Model-T Ford.
C. R. Bockmier drove McCoy’s Stages Cadillac before
he was appointed Granite Falls Postmaster.
" 4~— ‘ «'1g2l
Les Ferrell rode a horse to deliver mail to Robe in
1924.
, Accession/Object ID: No accession number, Object Name: , Title: Back in the Day article, Author: Fred Cruger, Description: History article written for Granite Falls website, Date: , OCR Text: How Did We Travel Post-Railroad
and Pre-Community Transit?
The railroad reached all the way to
Monte Cristo in 1893, but with sporadic
service came lapses in communication.
Around 1910, auto stages started
carrying passengers and mail to Granite
Falls.
The top photo shows McCoy Stage's 1912
Cadillac and Model T Ford parked by the
bank in Granite Falls.
The second shows that same Cadillac
with mail loaded on its hood, passengers
inside, and future postmaster C.R.
Bockmier (driver) stopped at the
Lochsloy Post Office (now a gas station
and convenience store).
A picture from 1924 shows mail to
outlying areas like Robe being delivered
on horseback, a period during which
Granite Falls Post Office operated a
Model T touring car to deliver mail
around the loop of Menzel Lake Rd and
Robe Menzel Rd our first “rural route
delivery.”
McCoy’s Stage had two automobiles: a 1912 Cadillac
and a Model-T Ford.
C. R. Bockmier drove McCoy’s Stages Cadillac before
he was appointed Granite Falls Postmaster.
" 4~— ‘ «'1g2l
Les Ferrell rode a horse to deliver mail to Robe in
1924.
, Granite Falls Historical Society,Documents (articles, clippings, letters, papers),Local History Articles,Back in the Day (local),After Trains Before Transit.pdf,After Trains Before Transit.pdf Page 1, After Trains Before Transit.pdf Page 1
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