Orcas Post Office & Post Office

ID: 339 ~ Creator: Photo courtesy of the Orcas Island Historical Museums
This file appears in: Eastsound Post Office

This undated photo depicts the neighboring town of Orcas's post office and store. The original post office in Eastsound also had multiple functions - a store, a barber shop, and even a dental office!

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…