Dates below identify the documents, not the office’s full operating period. Applications and proposed site changes should not be read as confirmed establishment or relocation dates. Original spellings and qualifications are retained in the checked index notes.

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NARA page 514 · Record date: 1883

Post office location questionnaire

Office / subject as indexed: Horse Shoe Run

Issued October 26, 1883; signed November 2 by Daniel C. Wotrin; received November 6. Mentions Union Township and Cheat River, 15 miles away. Lists Leadmine 8 miles and Aurora 6 miles west. Route number appears 12277; other location and railroad responses faint or entered across mismatched fields. Reverse note on page 515.

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NARA page 515 · Record date: 1883

Handwritten note / reverse

Office / subject as indexed: Horse Shoe Run

Reverse of page 514 (date from questionnaire). Identifies county surveyor as J. C. Dalripple (surname spelling uncertain), address Kingwood, the county seat; concludes that this is the best the writer can do. Otherwise blank; no separate date or signature.

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NARA page 516 · Record date: 1868

Post office location questionnaire

Office / subject as indexed: Horse Shoe Run

Issued October 17, 1868; signed November 3; receipt November 6. Union Township; Cheat River 15 miles west of office; nearest creek appears Youghiogheny. Lists Leadmine 8 miles SW, Oakland 14 miles NE, and Aurora / St. Vincent 5 miles NW (faint). County surveyor appears E. Morris, Kingwood. Postmaster signature abbreviated and unclear; several entries faint.

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NARA page 517 · Record date: 1928

Post office location questionnaire

Office / subject as indexed: Horse Shoe Run

Issued May 25, 1928; received June 1; signed Earl F. Roth, date field blank. Cheat River 12 miles west and Yough headwaters 2 miles south. Eglon 2½ miles north; Thomas 11 miles SW, also nearest Western Maryland railroad station. County boundary 1½ miles SE. Map on page 518.

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NARA page 518 · Record date: 1928

Map / diagram

Office / subject as indexed: Horse Shoe Run

Reverse of page 517 (date from questionnaire). Circular sketch shows Eglon about 2½ miles north, Aurora about 7 miles north/northwest, and Thomas 11 miles southwest. Western Maryland Railroad drawn across south edge with directions toward Elkins and Cumberland; dashed connections to neighboring offices.

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NARA page 519 · Record date: 1942

Post office location questionnaire

Office / subject as indexed: Horse Shoe Run

Issued May 8; signed May 11, 1942 by Earl F. Roth; received May 12. Garrett County 1½ miles away; nearest highway entry reads 24 W. Thomas station, Western Maryland Railroad, 10 miles south; Cheat River 11 miles west. Lists Thomas and Eglon; mail by star route from Terra Alta.

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