POST MARK COLLECTORS CLUB - POST OFFICE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

Post Office: Big Rapids, MI 49307 (Mecosta County)
Date of Photo: circa 1915
Contributor: Paul E. Petosky, Postmarks from the Past
Comment: Big Rapids Township. Originally established as LEONARD on January 24, 1857 with Jesse C. Shaw as its first postmaster. Named changed to BIG RAPIDS on September 29, 1859. Still an active post office.