Rushing to Deliver the Mail from Horseback to Packet Boat in the Susquehanna Valley
Before railroads, packet boats and horseback riders delivered mail to communities in the Susquehanna Valley. A Columbia County doctor was a ten year old boy who was tasked with the important delivery of mail in several local communities.
November 06, 2026
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Terry Diener
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Additional Credits:
History of Lycoming County Pennsylvania, edited by John F. Meginness, (1892) Chapter XIX, Internal Improvements; Bell's History of Northumberland Co. (1891), Chapter XV: Borough of Northumberland; Columbia County Historical and Genealogical Society; The Morning Press. Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, November 18, 1915, Page 01; Photo Credit: The Morning Press. Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, November 18, 1915, Page 01, AI Enhanced by ChtGPT
