c.1932: W. H. "Dad" Wellington shown in mail wagon, with his donkey, "Jack" standing next to the railroad crossing sign at Edwards. Lettuce shed is on the far left, with stacks of crates. Wellington hauled mail from the railroad to the Edwards Post Office twice a day for over 42 yrs.
"He has driven this route, carrying the mail for forty-four years, since May 13, 1895, without missing a single trip. He makes three each day. He calls his mule "My Faithful Jack" and claims it is the only mule mail route in the United States, which the Post Office Department says he is entitled to, a far as their records show." -- from The Red Book, or "The History of Eagle County".
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
