first pacific post office On This Day In Oregon

On this day in 1847 the first United States Post Office on the Pacific Coast was established at Astoria. Thirty years later, on July 7th, the weekly Astorian reported that the office was enlarged and provided with "an increase of lock boxes, with separate delivery windows for the ladies."



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