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History: Rural Free Delivery

The RFD is a government mail service, where mail carriers travel rural

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Few People Know West Virginia Was Home To The First Rural Free Delivery Service In America

Rural free delivery, a United States service providing free mail delivery to

Mrs. Mamie Thomas, first female rural mail carrier delivered in Vicksburg

Born in 1873 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Mamie Thomas grew up in a

On October 1, 1896, rural free delivery (RFD) service began

On October 1, 1896, rural free delivery (RFD) service began in Charles

Today in 1912 a rural carrier did this for the first time

A rural carrier in Bennington County, VT, was the first to deliver