This Week in History

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…