United States Post Office
National postal agency of the U. S. government, also known as the U. S. Mail.[1]
Founded in 1792 with the Constitutional authority to establish post offices and post roads across the United States and its territories.[1]
The Day They Hanged Bret Maverick: In the mid-1870s, the U. S. Mail was transported[2] along the Santa Fe Trail[3] in New Mexico Territory by the Denver-Cheyenne and Laramie Line,[3] among others.[1]
On April 10, 1877, the first U. S. Post Office of Deadwood, Dakota Territory, opened with Seth Bullock as its first postmaster.[4]
Stampede: In May of 1877,[3] Bret Maverick and Dandy Jim Buckley visited Deadwood and would pass the post office to approach the Golden Nugget Saloon.[5]
SOURCE REFERENCES
01. How the Post Office Made America; Richard R. John; The New York Times (February 8, 2013)
02. Maverick, The Day They Hanged Bret Maverick (1958), Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
03. The Conjectural Maverick, Maverick Trails
04. Deadwood's Political Star; Laura Floyd, Deadwood Magazine, August 2009
05. Maverick, Stampede (1957), Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Dandy Jim Buckley and Bret Maverick walk through Deadwood, Dakota Territory, with the U. S. Post Office behind them, May 1877.[1]
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