The most unusual delivery method used by USPS is a mule train in Arizona. The mules carry mail, food and supplies down an 8-mile trail to the ...
Mule train 1938. A mule train loading up to deliver the U.S. mail to Supai, circa 1938. (Photo courtesy National Park Service, Grand Canyon ...
Feb 1, 2019·2 min read. Image for post. Elf/Wikimedia. There is only one place in the United States where mail is still delivered by mule, and there really isn't a ...
No vehicles are permitted. At the trailhead, I saw a sturdy pipe fence, with a group of mules tied to it, bearing a sign saying “U.S. Mail Delivery ...
The only place in America where mail is delivered by mule: Inside the Indian village hidden within the Grand Canyon... eight miles from the ...
There isn't a separate post office delivery stable. The mules for the mail to and from the bottom of the Grand Canyon are the same mules that deliver supplies to ...
Special Delivery: Mail By Mule. January 30, 2009 / 10:03 AM / CBS. The U.S. Postal Service is always telling us about its commitment to delivering the mail no ...
A handful of mules still pick their way through the Grand Canyon six days a week to deliver mail and other supplies (mostly food) to the ...
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This Wild West delivery service is a family business. Source: Pinterest. The United States Postal Service doesn't run their own mule brigade.