U. S. Post Office White Oaks New Mexico - White Oaks New Mexico Goldrush

U. S. Post Office White Oaks White Oaks New Mexico

Post Office in Brown Building White Oaks New Mexico 1910

About Oct 15th, 1880, the United States Post Office ordered establishing a daily mail to White Oaks via Socorro. This order will be seen takes effect the 15th. In pursuance of an order from the Post Master General to, first resume service, second change to begin at Socorro instead of Santa Fe and run by White Oaks to Fort Stanton and back and increase to seven times per week. This order to take effect Oct 15th, 1880. By the order of the Postmaster General.
In an article listed in the Las Vegas Gazette, Dec 9th, 1880: ” People are very much displeased with the way in which the mails are managed. It does not arrive daily according to contract. Sometimes papers are not received for a week or ten days after the day of sending. The mail sent from here on the 3d came back today for some reason unknown to our citizens.

Timeline of Post Office Postmasters

Jun 4, 1880 The White Oaks Post Office first Postmaster was John M. McCutcheon
Aug 25, 1880 Adna Lamson appointed Postmaster
October 15, 1880 Daily mail to White Oaks
July 25, 1881 Abner W Kempton
Feb 20, 1883 Mathew H Bellomy appointed Postmaster
Jan 11, 1886 Joseph Collier
July, 1891 Ella G Timoney Postmaster white Oaks New Mexico
April, 1893 Charles Bull Postmaster white Oaks New Mexico
Dec, 1897 John A. Brown Deputy Postmaster White Oaks New Mexico
June 3 1907 Miss Sarah De Aguayo
Aug. 25, 1908 Lee H. Rudiselle
Apr. 6, 1914 Robert N. Taylor
1919 William H. Walker
May 8, 1922 Edith S. Van Schoyck

Timeline of Post Office Locations

1880 -1882 Jacob Wise; White Oaks Golden Era (See Location)(see Proof)
1883 – 1887 Dunning and Miller Store Pine and White Oaks (See Location)(See Proof)
1887: Pearman and McCourt lease old Post Office building for tin shop, corner of White Oaks Ave and Pine Street (See Location)(See Proof)
1889 JULY: Next week Post Office will be removed to the West room of the Whiteman building on White Oaks Ave, which is 16 X 18 (See Location)(See Proof)(2nd Proof)
1892 Jan; Post Office in new Watson Block (ONLY 2 years in this location)(See Location)(See Proof)
1893 Dec: Schwartz will move to former Post office in the Watson Block(See Location)(See Proof)
July 1895: A Ridgeway first door West of Post Office (See Proof)
Located 1896 – 1897 in Stewarts next to brown building (See Location)(See Proof)
Jan 1898 Post office moved to Brown Building (See Location)(See Proof)