New Rural Free Delivery Route Established
Postal service finally reaches residents of the Mill Creek and Russell Creek neighborhoods after months of delays.
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After being held up for several months, the post office department at Washington has issued orders for the establishment of Rural Route No. 5. The new route will serve over 100 patrons in the Mill Creek and Russell Creek neighborhood and will be one of the most important of the five routes in existence in the county. Special Agent Clement of the rural free delivery laid out the route early last February. It will have a total length of about 24 miles, very near the limit. Starting at Walla Walla, the route will extend to the Seeber school, supplying a large suburban district; across Mill Creek at four-mile bridge to the county road; along Mill Creek road to Blue Creek; retrace to Dudley crossing Mill Creek to the Ferrell place, and thence to Walla Walla by the Russell Creek road.
“The new route will serve over 100 patrons in the Mill creek and Russell creek neighborhood.”
The expansion of rural postal delivery was the internet connection of 1903, connecting remote homesteads to the national economy and civic life. The struggle to get this route established mirrors modern battles to bring broadband internet to rural Walla Walla County.
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