FIRST POST OFFICE IN SPRINGFIELD

LOCATION: In the east wall of what now is the SMSU art gallery on the northwest corner of Jefferson Avenue and Walnut Street.

INSCRIPTION: "UNIVERSITY CLUB HISTORICAL MARKER #19. ERECTED JANUARY 3, 1934. NEAR THIS SPOT WAS LOCATED THE FIRST POST OFFICE IN SPRINGFIELD, IN A ONE ROOM, HEWN LOG CABIN, OCCUPIED BY JOHN POLK CAMPBELL, WHO WAS APPOINTED ON JANUARY 3,1834. MAIL WAS BROUGHT ON HORSEBACK TWICE A MONTH FROM HARRISON'S STORE ON THE PINEY NEAR THE PRESENT TOWN OF ARLINGTON.

THE FOLLOWING POSTMASTERS HAVE SERVED SPRINGFIELD

CAMPBELL, JOHN POLK - JANUARY 3, 1834 CAMPBELL, JUNIUS T - JANUARY 20, 1836
SHANNON, THOMAS - FEBRUARY 16, 1841
FARMER, WILLIAM B- JUNE 16, 1841
MCELHANEY, ROBT. J- OCTOBER 24, 1845
APPERSON, PETE - MARCH 22, 1849
FARMER, WILL\M B - SEPTEMBER 8, 1849
HOLLAND, COLBY B - AUGUST 26, 1852
INGRAM, ARCHIBALD F - JUNE 11, 1853
JONES, WILLIAM - AUGUST 15, 1854
BEAL, JOSEPH A - MAY 6. 1855
BURDEN, JOSEPH - JUNE 7, 1855
ROBINSON,NATHAN - SEPTEMBER 25, 1855
KITE, BENJAMIN - MARCH 19, 1861
WINGER, JACOB B - MARCH 8, 1864
BOYD, MARCUS - AUGUST 23, 1866
STEPHENS, PERMILLA C - APRIL 11, 1867
SHIPLEY, EDWARD R - MAY 8, 1877
PIPKIN, WM. H - NOVEMBER 17, 1885
ABBOTT, JAMES- FEBRUARY 11, 1890
LOVE, THOMAS C - FEBRUARY 21, 1894
FENTON, JEREMIAH - MARCH 8, 1898
ROSS, JESSE B - AUGUST 4, 1902
MCJlMSEY, E.E.E - APRIL 11, 1910
MITCHELL, OBADIAH - MARCH 19, 1914 HENDRICKSON, GEORGE W - AUGUST 24, 1921
GREENWADE, C.W - AUGUST 18, 1934