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Dimensions4928 x 3264
Original file size9.51 MB
Image typeJPEG
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Date taken16-Nov-13 13:46
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Camera makeNIKON CORPORATION
Camera modelNIKON D7000
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ISO speedISO 200
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First Post Office

First Post Office

Junction
Kimble County, Texas
30 29.308' N 99 45.934' W

Text: Across the street, south, was the first building erected to house the Junction post office. Junction's first postmaster, Mrs. Harriet Kountz, appointed 1876, at first kept the mail in her home. In 1879, her husband Dr. Ezekiel Kountz, built a post office, drugstore,and general mercantile house on the square. Lumber was hauled from Austin. Mrs. Kountz moved the office here and served until 1881. Dr. kountz, first county clerk of Kimble County office, used store as county office until courthouse was built nearby. Old store was dismantled 1911.