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In the spring of 1860, three entrepreneurs started a short-lived messenger service whose legacy would live on beyond the next century. That service was the Pony Express. Pony Express’ rates were high, ringing in at $5 for a half-ounce letter, but so were the dangers faced by its riders. Stations were spaced about 10 miles more »
It was one of the great characters in the story of America’s founding who created the United States Postal Service. Even before the new country’s independence was declared, Benjamin Franklin established the United States Post Office, which would lay the foundation for the postal service as we know it today. Franklin’s Post Office was competing more »
Ever have a crappy day? Well, the Cape Coral post office in Florida recently did and in an effort to wipe away the gloom a U.S.P.S. manager there decided to celebrate it with a “poop cake.” The Cape Coral, FL post office was under staffed the day a mystery shopper got in a line that more »