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Black plaque № 14541

Junction, TX, United States

First Post Office. ACROSS THE STREET, SOUTH, WAS THE FIRST BUILDING ERECTED TO HOUSE THE JUNCTION POST OFFICE. JUNCTION'S FIRST POSTMASTER, MRS. HARRIET KOUNTZ, APPOINTED 1876, AT FIRST KEPT THE MAIL IN HER HOME. IN 1879, HER HUSBAND DR. EZEKIEL KOUNTZ, BUILT A POST OFFICE, DRUGSTORE,AND GENERAL MER

CANTILE HOUSE ON THE SQUARE. LUMBER WAS HAULED FROM AUSTIN. MRS. KOUNTZ MOVED THE OFFICE HERE AND SERVED UNTIL 1881. DR. KOUNTZ, FIRST COUNTY CLERK OF KIMBLE COUNTY OFFICE, USED STORE AS COUNTY OFFICE

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