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SAN JUAN COUNTY'S FIRST POSTMASTERS
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TOWN
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FIRST
POSTMASTER
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ESTABLISHED
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DISCONTINUED
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Alcatraz
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Pablo
Candelaria
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Apr.
7, 1892
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Mar.
27, 1894
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♦Archuleta
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John
Pylon (?Pilon)
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March
11, 1919
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Aztec
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Thomas
B. Hart
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Apr.
30, 1879
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♦John
A. Koontz
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May
9,1891
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Blanco
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Flora
Dougherty
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Mar.
6,1901
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Bloomfield
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Wm.
B. Haines
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May
1, 1879
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Changed
to Porter Dec. 7, 1881
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Bloomfield
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Wm.
B. Haines
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May
17, 1882
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♦Flora
A. Stevens
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Feb.
19, 1886
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♦Cafion
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Jose
Gorgonia Jazquez
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May
26, 1902
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♦Cafion Blanco
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Jose
R. Martinez
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April
17, 1917
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Cedar
Hill
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RoHondo H. Wright
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June
13, 1892
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Apr.
8, 1966
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♦Chaco
Canyon
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Mrs.
Thelma K. Springstead
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May
26, 1936
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Crozier
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Robert
B, Wright
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June
6, 1903
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Crystal
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Marion
A. Moore
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Nov.
25, 1903
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Fairpoint
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Maida
E. Deichsel
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May
9,1894
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Oct.
1, 1898 Mail was taken to Largo
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Farmington
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Allison
F. Miller
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Apr.
17, 1879
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♦Franklin
M. Pierce
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March
5, 1886
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Floravista
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Hannibal
H. Halford
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Aug.
6, 1878
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July
26, 1880
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Flora
Vista
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Nathaniel
M. Hayden
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Nov.
13, 1884
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Fruitland
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Thomas
C. Bryan
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June
18, 1891
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*Haynes
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Eliza
W. Otis
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April
24, 1930
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Hood
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George
S. Hood
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July
20, 1898
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Apr.
2, 1906
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♦George
T. Hood
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♦Isidro
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Guadalupe
Ulibari
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October
24, 1895
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Jewett
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Henry
Hull
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Mar.
7, 1884
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Jan.
15, 1907
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♦Junction
City
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Minta Elmer
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May
9,1891
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Kirtland
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Phebe Guymon
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Oct.
13, 1903
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La
Boca
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Beningua A. Rodriquez
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Apr.
12, 1902
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La
Boca
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Socorro
B. Garcia
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Dec.
28, 1903
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La
Plata
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John
R. Pond
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June
8, 1881
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Oct.
8, 1881
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La
Plata
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Daniel
Rhoades
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Jan.
16, 1882
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Nov,
14, 1895
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Laplata
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Ella
Hornbogen
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Nov.
14, 1895
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Oct.
1, 1965
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La
Plata
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Oct.
1, 1965
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Largo
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John
W. Baker
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Feb.
15, 1883
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May
23, 1927
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♦Herbert
0. Willis
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Jan.
2, 1885
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♦Liberty
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Albert
F. Koehler
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Feb.
14, 1907
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♦Nageezi
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Mrs.
Ruby L. Brimhall
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May
24, 1941
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♦Nava
(Newcomb)
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Arthur
J. Newcomb
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Aug.
30, 1924
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♦Navajo
Dam
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Mrs.
Patsy A. Chavez
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Jan.
10, 1959
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Olio
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David
A. Stevens
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Changed to Kirtland Oct. 13, 1903
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♦Columbus
J. Moss
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March
15, 1886
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Pendleton
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Will
L. Paddock (♦Paddack)
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Nov.
12, 1903
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Porter
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Wm.
B. Haines
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Dec.
7, 1881
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Changed
to Bloomfield May 17, 1882
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Putnam
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Richard
Wetherill
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Apr.
12, 1901
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Riverside
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Perley A. George
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Oct.
10, 1905
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Aug.
31, 1938
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Rosa
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Santiago
Candelaria
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Feb.
15, 1888
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Rosa
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Bidal A. Candelaria
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Sep.
19, 1900
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Rosing
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Finette McKinley
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Dec.
18, 1909
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Nov.
15, 1919
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Satekon
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Ruth
G. Baldwin
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Dec.
15, 1900
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Shiprock
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William
T. Shelton
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Aug.
31, 1904
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♦Steele
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Mary
Roberts
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May
26, 1894
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♦Toadlena
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William
J. Davis
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May
7, 1917
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♦Tsaya
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Roy
B. Durham
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May
28, 1921
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Turley
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Urna B. Turley
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Dec.
26, 1906
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Wallace
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John
A. Roff
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Apr.
30, 1879
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Aug.
12, 1881
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♦Waterflow
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Charles
E. Nevson
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Aug.
28, 1919
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