Snowshoe Thompson, Neither Sleet Nor Snow...

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GENOA 5 DAYS #22 Ann Rusnak 1984 NEITHER SLEET NOR SNOW NOR NINETY MILES OF MOUNTAIN SHALL STAY THE POSTMAN . . .

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25 1984 -PM 411 He is buried Genoa. at ann Snowshoe Thompson died May 15, 1876, while waiting for Congress to authorize payment of $6,000 for his twenty years of carrying mail between Placerville, California, and Genoa, Nevada, during the winter snows. "THE LIGHTER SIDE OF HISTORY" RUSNAK BOX 1417 GARDNERVILLE NV 89410 USA-13c Eur 50th Anniversary Solo Transatlantic Flight Max Toorop Box 4293 San Leandro CA 94579