POST MARK COLLECTORS CLUB - POST OFFICE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

Post Office: Atchison, KS 66002 (Atchison County)
Date of Photo: circa 1907
Contributor: Paul E. Petosky, Postmarks from the Past
Comment: Originally established in KANSAS TERRITORY on March 15, 1855 with Robert S. Kelly as its first postmaster. Changed to ATCHISON COUNTY, KANSAS TERRITORY in 1855. Changed to KANSAS on January 29, 1861. IMPORTANT HISTORICAL FACTS: Atchison, KS is the birthplace of the world's most famous aviatrix, AMELIA EARHART on July 24, 1897.