Show 3 Postmasters Serve Pioneer Post Office Total of 67 Years 60 of DUTCH JOHN Over years post office service in Daggett baggett County the smallest county in Utah are represented represented represented In three postmasters who have served postal customers in the former town of Linwood and Dutch John Keith Smith distributed mall mail in the Linwood area beginning in July of 1904 and served until 1919 when Minnie Rash lias- mussen took over the office as Mr Smith was busy with ranching interests inter inter- ests IN JULY of 1952 when Mrs Rasmus- Rasmus sen was 70 years old and had been postmaster post post- postmaster master for 33 years Eleen T T. T Williams assumed the duties of postmaster an office she still holds When the Flaming Gorge Dam was built the Linwood post office was moved moved move ed to Dutch John as Linwood was covered cov ered covered with back up water from the dam Mrs Williams moved with the post past office of of- Lice fice to Dutch John In 1959 MRS WILLIAMS held the office when there were only 13 patrons The office then rose to be a second class office with six clerks during the dam con con- Now it has settled down to 75 families year round and rises to be one of the largest recreational spots In the state of Utah in the summer This past summer Mr 1 Smith 94 Mrs 1 89 and Mrs 1 Williams got together and had their picture taken as all of the postmasters of this one office office office of of- fice with a record number of 67 years of service MR SMITH spends his winters in Green River niver Wyoming and his summers summers summers sum sum- mers at his cabin Little Linwood above Dutch John Mrs 1 make her home in Yarnell Arizona and Mrs 1 Williams resides in Dutch John |