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Show PICTURES OF TIE Mi I WHO HAVE BEEN POSTMASTERS r on 'he walls of the postmaster's) M ' jgm in ihe F-". -rn-ral building, will V jpon be hunc i!). ;.ii'"i;-..s -I ail tr T stmaeters who lmp hold that posi-( posi-( tlon In Ogden sln e the local office ' VAg established In 1R."1. beginning with thr pioneer, Isaac ("lark, appoint-l appoint-l ; e(j to take . barge of it b President 1T MH8r(1 Fillmore The pictures, wlieu terured and plaeed. wljl present a group of rare historic Interest j. Xhe Idea of having Mi-- plrturei put In the pot niasi-TH rwm originated Kith Postmaster W V Browning h, jbortly after h" went :nto office, and I 'the first nuestlori I y.'. .irr.Sr v..m i ! find out who tin- former post maat era Krere. A letter was written to the I f tooatal depart m- nt at Washington. D fC, aod the il.r.i ;i v ri below has just teen recehed I In addition to names and dates, the fcformatlon reveals a iact not widely fcnnwD, which, that the name ( iden is I tie third one In vhi h the city has Een known W hen Isaac Clark was Mippointed postmaster the town was Kown as Brownsville. Ore , and was Eut a settlemenl of si attered pioneer Hhoroee The n; was changed to Ogden City," In 18o4, when James M. Browning, an uncle of the present I pest ma--'' i .'- appointed postmast-Kf postmast-Kf by President Kranklln Plerc It was again changed In 1883 when the Ikte Major K A l,ittlrfleld having 1 Bfteen appointed position I Kesldem Arthur, the name became J plain Ogden I" the line of succession In the offico I Of P08' tl.ast"T a ; ' nilows ID. sa' Clark, uppoh.ted by President jpj flllmore. May ' IS..1 I ll Jjr":'s Browing, appointed by PreM.ienl Pierce. May 18, 1854. PWfc Chswncey West appoinP-d by Pnsldcill M'.irltaiiau. .Till; 'i. 1857 W Isaar Moore, appointed by I'resi-nxvl I'resi-nxvl dDt J ran I Fl'i'n-irv 14 1ST" W Joseph Hall, appointed by President C?tnt August 1, 1872. Neale .1 Sharpe appointed by Fres ident lirnnt, October 6. 1S7S LIomI M -;.'.i.mi: appoln'd by President Hayes. April 4. 1877 Nathan Kimball, appointed by Prcai-dent Prcai-dent Hayes. August 23. 1879. E. A. Littlefleld. appointed by Pres Idenf Arthur. January 13. 1883 John G Tyler, appointed by Presl dent Cleveland, January 27, 18S8 N'nthan Kimball, appointed by Prcs ldrut Harrison. May 21, 1889 ieorge h isiaub. appointed by President Cleveland. August 29, 1891 I barlei Mlghnn, appointed ') ('resident MeKInley. Marcli 8 1MB Thomas H. Davis, appointed bj President Roosevelt. Innuary ii" 190J William tilamann aprolnted by President RooseveH. August 15, 19"''. Lewis Shurtiiff, appointed bj President Roosevelt, January 11, L909. V V Browning, appointed by President Pres-ident Wilson. July 11 1913 Isaac Clark was appointed BJ Whig president and served 3 years, James o Browning by a Democrat, and served a little more than 8 years; 'hauncej West, by a Democrat i e appointed by two Republicans and served nearly 13 successive yearn; Isaac Moore, by a Republican and served 2 years and 8 monthB; Joseph Hall, by a Republican, and served 3 years; Neale J Sharpe. by a Republl can. and served 1 year and 6 months, Lloyd B. Stevens, by a Republican, and served 2 years and 4 months, Na than Kimball, by a Republican and served nearly 4 years, wns re-appoint ed ten years later bv another Republi can and served nearly 5 years, E. A. Llttlefleld by a Republican. and served 5 years; John G Taylor, by a Democrat, and nerved 1 year and 4 months, George H Isiaub. by a Democrat and served 4 1-2 rears, Charles Meighan, by a Republican and served about 3 years, Thomas II DavlB by a Republican, and served 4 1-2 year; William Glasmann. bv B Republican, and served 2 1-2 vears Lewll W Shurtiiff. bv a Republican und served 4 12 years. The first postofflce waa In what was then known as the tithing office, which was an ndobe building BUrround ed by an adobe wall and situated on the corner now occupied by the store of the W. H Wright & Sons Company It was moved from there to the old Sidney Stevens building on Washing" ton avenue, now occupied by the T. C. Foley Liquor company Its next home was in the building on Twenty fourth Btreet which was recently oc cupled by the Kline second-hand store The office was moved from there to the Klesel building on Grant avenue, ave-nue, where it remained until the completion com-pletion of the Federal building, where It Is now In a home of ita own Many Interesting stories could be told by old residents regarding the difficulties thai were encountered before be-fore the mail was safely delivered In 1860 it cost a man 45 cents to get a letter from England and money wa9 so scarce that it took some time to get the amount of the postage |