NARA page 367 · Record date: 1904
Post office establishment application
Office / subject as indexed: Bretz
Certified January 19, 1904 by proposed postmaster Burton Benjamin Miller. Proposed extension of route 16054, Morgantown-Masontown; lists Masontown, Reedsville, Herring, Cheat River, Deckers Creek and Morgantown & Kingwood Railroad. Estimated population served 300; village 120.
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NARA page 368 · Record date: 1904
Map / diagram
Office / subject as indexed: Bretz
Associated with page 367 (date from application). Shows Bretz and Masontown, Morgantown & Kingwood Railroad, road toward Reedsville post office and Cheat River.
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NARA page 369 · Record date: 1928
Topographer's questionnaire
Office / subject as indexed: Bretz
Issued May 29; signed June 6, 1928 by L. M. Stemple; received June 8. Valley District; mail received from train. Lists Masontown, Reedsville, Cheat River and Deckers Creek. Office 50 feet from B&O Railroad, M&K Branch; station Bretz.
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NARA page 370 · Record date: 1928
Map / diagram
Office / subject as indexed: Bretz
Associated with page 369 (date from questionnaire). Shows Masontown, Reedsville, Morgantown, Kingwood, Deckers Creek, B&O Railroad and Morgantown-Kingwood hard road.
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NARA page 371 · Record date: 1942
Post office location form
Office / subject as indexed: Bretz
Dated May 8, 1942; signed L. M. Stemple; received May 9. Lists Masontown station on M&K Branch of B&O, Deckers Creek, Masontown and Reedsville offices. Mail supplied by star route from Morgantown and Terra Alta.
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NARA page 372 · Record date: 1942
Map / diagram
Office / subject as indexed: Bretz
Associated with page 371 (date from location form). Circular sketch shows Bretz, Masontown, Reedsville, Morgantown, Kingwood, West Virginia Route 7 and railroad. Square diagram unused.
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NARA page 373 · Record date: 1929
Proposed change of site form
Office / subject as indexed: Bretz
Issued November 19; signed December 11, 1929 by Lloyd M. Stemple. Proposed move 1,800 feet east. Lists Cheat River, Deckers Creek, Masontown, Reedsville, Gladesville and B&O Railroad at Bretz.
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NARA page 374 · Record date: 1929
Map / diagram
Office / subject as indexed: Bretz
Associated with page 373 (date from form). Shows present and proposed Bretz office sites, Masontown, Reedsville, Gladesville, Cheat River, Deckers Creek, B&O Railroad and roads toward Morgantown and Kingwood.
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NARA page 375 · Record date: 1929
Change of site continuation
Office / subject as indexed: Bretz
Signed December 11, 1929 by Lloyd M. Stemple. Move requested January 15, 1930 because present building condemned; new building being erected. About 360 patrons within one mile. B&O agent certifies proposed site 3,000 feet from station; quarterly cancellation figures included. Railroad agent signature is J.G. Hooton, agent at Bretz B&O RR Co. Form also contains list of cancellations for previous quarters.
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