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MS016_01_00_002/MS016_13-1_00-002
Description
An interview with Roy Horton about life as a mail carrier in Palco, KS
00:00:10 - Biographical information
01:01:30 - Life as a post master in Palco, KS
00:04:17 - World War I
00:06:23 - Transition from teaching to delivering mail
00:07:50 - Father's work as a mail carrier
00:08:30 - Mail delivery times
00:09:35 - Post office operations and list of post masters
00:14:09 - Changes to the mail service over the years 1923-1965
00:15:20 - Carrying mail during dust storms and finding a lost child
00:16:37 - Carrying mail during snow storms
00:20:00 - Memorable interactions
00:21:53 - Motorized vehicles for mail carriers
00:24:37 - Difficulties delivering the mail in 1911
00:26:53 - Delivering mail during dust storms
00:28:00 - Sorting mail
00:30:00 - Life during the Great Depression
00:31:47 - World War II
00:33:10 - Transition away from rail service
00:36:47 - Role of the mail system
00:40:17 - Introduction of the computer to the mail system and doubts that computers will be used in the mail system
00:42:40 - Tornadoes on the route
Location
Palco (Kan.)
Physical Description
Typed Transcript on paper; Audiocasette
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© Fort Hays State University
Publisher
Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections
Collection
Repository
Recommended Citation
Vendetti, Rita, "Interview with Roy Horton" (2024). Kansas Oral History Collection. 2.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/koh/2
Language
eng
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