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Vonnie Kolbenschlag finds more on Columbia PO's in Early Columbia By Vonnie Kolbenschlag Early Columbia by Ruth Paull Burdette p. 29 states, "On Lot 51 the building which replaced the Lampton Tavern houses the David Wells Agency and the Town Barber shop after being a long time location of the Columbia Post Office," This book was written in 1959. I don't know how long a 'long time' meant. Lewis Lampton was Mark Twain's great uncle and brother of Twain's grandfather, Ben Lampton. I think I read somewhere that William Henry Hudson, builder of our historic courthouse, built this building after the tavern building was razed. Judge Garnett occupied the building. Notice that the entrance is on the corner to match the corner entrance on the "oldest and original" building on the square. People did get mail before there were post offices and before there were even addresses. Streams, branches, forks - waterways helped identify where someone lived. Also in Columbia when people were told they had to have a complete address on envelopes, they expressed anger because they said, "Those mailmen know where we live." People thought a name and city were good enough. -Vonnie Kolbenschlag This story was posted on 2011-04-26 09:00:58
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