Near Copper River mail system - snail mail

Alaska, Part 3

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December 21st 2019
From Copper River, we continued driving south to Valdez; the scenery on the way was spectacular. We saw a mailbox complex - a mailbox high off the ground (in the air) for “air mail,” a mailbox on the ground for “snail mail,” one over a fire hydrant for “dog sled mail,” and one over a trash can for “junk mail.” Rather creative. Throughout different parts of our drive, we saw the Al ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more