Fountain County IN Archives History - Books .....Covington Post Office 1881 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com August 25, 2006, 4:15 am Book Title: History Of Fountain County POST-OFFICE. A post-office was secured about 1826. The stage ran from Terre Haute to La Fayette twice a week. Joseph L. Sloan was the first postmaster. He was succeeded in office by David Rawles. Jacob Tice next secured the position, which he held till ousted for political reasons, Charles Stafford becoming, the incumbent. In about seven months Jacob Tice was reinstalled postmaster, and filled the office till displaced by R. M. Nebeker, the present postmaster. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY, TOGETHER WITH HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY, GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES. BY H. W. BECKWITH, OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO. WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS. CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS. 1881. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/fountain/history/1881/historyo/covingto66nms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/infiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb