MZFCollection2425.xml Guide to the Salesville Post Office Records 1887-1888 Salesville Post Office Records Kim Allen Scott, 2009 Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Montana State University-Bozeman Library
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Finding aid encoded by ArchProteus2012 Finding aid written in English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard) Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320 Bozeman, MT 59717-3320 United States Phone (406) 994-4242 Fax (406) 994-2851 http://www.lib.montana.edu/archives/ University Archivist spcoll@www.lib.montana.edu
Collection 2425, MtBC, us Salesville Post Office (Salesville, Mont.) Salesville Post Office Records 1887-1888 1 volume The Salesville Post Office Records consist of a single account and record book, an official form specifically for a "fourth class office" and detailing quarterly activities. Collection materials are in English Historical Note

The United States Post Office at Salesville, Montana was established on June 10, 1880 and discontinued on July 26, 1888. The first postmaster was Norman A. Webb. Salesville's post office was reestablished on March 19, 1890 and on March 1, 1927 the name was changed to Gallatin Gateway. The other postmaster from the first period of operation was William G. Alexander who was appointed on July 30, 1886.

The Salesville Post Office records consist of a single account and record book, an official form specifically for a "fourth class office" and detailing quarterly activities.

This collection is open for research.

Record book maintained by the United States Post Office at Salesville, Montana was transferred to Special Collections from the Museum of the Rockies on December 18, 1984. It had been initially donated by Jack Lutes to the Museum on November 9, 1962 and had first been accessioned as part of collection 2130.

This collection was processed 2009 April 21

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