Postcard of Eastsound, 1938

ID: 338 ~ Creator: Photo courtesy of the Orcas Island Historical Museums
This file appears in: Eastsound Post Office

This 1938 postcard depicts the town of Eastsound. Charles Shattuck's home, the original post office, would have been on the far left of this image.

This file appears in: Eastsound Post Office

By Clairessa Walker
Today we may take post offices for granted, but soon after they were first instituted following the Revolutionary War, post offices often became the hubs of civilization on the American frontier. As post offices were few and far between settlers…