This Week in History

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JULY 26 TH —30 TH

JULY 26 TH

1775: Neither rain nor sleet . . . The United States Post Office was established in legislation passed by the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin was made the first Postmaster General.

1847: All Aboard! Engineer Moses Garrish, of Dover, New Hampshire, built the first miniature train for children to ride.

1878: Black Bart robs his last stagecoach. An outlaw in th…