Curry County Post Offices
Mail service of a sort reached into the most remote sections of Curry County. Many of the posted offices have been discontinued. (From "A Century of Coos and Curry" by Emil R. Peterson and Alfred Powers, 1952)
| Name | Est | Disc | Postmaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett | 1883 | 1884 | John R. Miller |
| Bagnell | 1894 | 1895 | Ary Bennett |
| Blain | 1891 | 1891 | Eliza Woodruff |
| Chetco * | 1863 | 1910 | Augustus F. Miller, 1863; Henry Simons, 1869; Robert Moore, 1870; Thomas Van Pelt, 1871; Jeanette Cooley, 1873; Miller Cooley, 1875; Henry M. Cooley, 1886; Fredrick G. Blake, 1888; Fredrick H. Blake, 1889; Ida Cooley, 1905; James A Cooley, 1906 |
| Corbin | 1901 | 1910 | Richard D. Jones, 1901; Charles R. Wilson, 1901; Samuel R. Dartt, 1902; Dietrich Quellen, 1905 |
| Cumtux | 1895 | 1895 | Henry P. Moore |
| Ellensburg ** | |||
| Eckley *** | |||
| Elkridge | 1902 | 1903 | James R. Hall |
| Esoms | 1899 | 1899 | Geo. W. Bilings |
| Fern | 1888 | 1888 | John Sedwich |
| Gray | 1884 | 1887 | Loftin Gray |
| Hare | 1898 | 1913 | Joseph Hare, 1898; Frank H. Strain, 1908; George Heebler, 1911 |
| Illahe | 1895 | 1943 | Elijah H. Price, 1895; James R. Hall, 1898; Ellen Fry, 1902; E.R. russell, 1905; Eliza H. Price, 1908; Lewis Hostetler, 1914; Rose Meservey, 1914; Bessie Billings, 1915; George W. Meservey, 1918 |
| Lakeport | 1910 | 1915 | Emil Berg, 1910; richard Walker, 1911; Helen M. Walker, 1913 |
| Moore | 1902 | 1902 | Charles M. Neil |
| Newcastle **** | 1879 | 1916 | Joseph Haines, 1897; George Martin, 1908; Charles W. Haines, 1908; Hugh C. Hamilton, 1911; Charles H. Bramley, 1915 |
| Pistol River | 1927 | 1930 | Richard E. Guthridge |
| Quosaton | 1895 | 1895 | George W. Meservey |
| Ragic | 1898 | 1900 | John H. McElhaney, 1898; Elvin R. Miller, 1900 |
| Sandstone | 1890 | 1891 | Annie J. Blacklock |
| Seaforth | 1890 | 1892 | Robert McKenzie |
| Triangle | 1914 | 1916 | Elinor Lehnherr |
| Winchuck | 1917 | 1918 | Beulah McKeiser |
* Chetco business transferred to Harbor post office nearby.
** Name changed to Gold Beach in 1890.
*** First established as Newcastle.
**** Changed to Tell Tale and then to Eckley in 1883.
The nature of early-day mail carrying in souther Curry County as been described ty H.T. Stewart:
Charles Dewey was mail carrier. He mad a round trip once a week between Port Orford and Crescent City. The trail followed ridges over the highest mountains and crossed all streams without bridges. There were ferries at Rogue and Checo rivers, but otherwise it was ford or swim the many swift streams that came tumbling into Pacific along the route. Horses that were trained to swim carried their riders and the mail with surprising safeth. The mail pouch was held aloft and kept dry during winter storms when streams were high and swimming necessary, but after one such experience the carriers rode the rest of the day soaked from the waist down.