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Post Office: Sault Sainte Marie, MI 49783
Date of Photo: July 30, 2003
Photographer: Paul E. Petosky - Webpage: "Postmarks from the Past"
Comment: The Territorial Governor Lewis Cass raised the Stars & Stripes in Sault de Ste Marie in 1820. Post Office was first established as Sault de Ste Marie in Michigan Territory (Michilimackinac County) on September 11, 1823 with Samuel B. Griswold as its first postmaster. Changed to (Chippewa County) on February 1, 1827. Michigan was admitted to statehood on January 26, 1837. Name changed to Sault Sainte Marie on November 6, 1903. Sault Sainte Marie, MI was established in 1668, and is the third oldest continious settlement in the United States and the oldest in Michigan. It ranks among the top ten in Michigan for having the oldest post office. The oldest post office in Michigan was established in Detroit (Wayne County) on January 1, 1803. Moved into the current building, shown above, in 1958


Post Office: Sault Sainte Marie, MI 49783
Date of Photo: circa 1920
Contributor: Paul E. Petosky - Webpage: "Postmarks from the Past"
Comment: Post Card of Federal Building & Post Office


Post Office: Sault Sainte Marie, MI 49783
Date of Photo: July 2003
Photographer: Paul E. Petosky - Webpage: "Postmarks from the Past"
Comment: Photograph of the Federal Building and Previous Post Office