FALMOUTH, Ky., Aug. 5.-Frank King, who carries the mail from Havilandsville to Falmouth and return, has been working for the United States 40 years. He began carrying the mail on July 4, 1876, from Havilandsville to Robinson Station twice a week and continued for four years, and the next four years he made three trips a week, and the next 14 years he carried it daily. In 1898 he began carrying the mail from Havilandsville to Falmouth and return daily, traveling 26 miles. In his 40 years carrying the mail he has traveled 281,000 miles, which equals 13 times around the world. He is carrying now love letters for the grandchildren of the men and women that were boys and girls when he first began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Press-Telegram (Long Beach, California) \u00b7 5 Aug 1916, Sat \u00b7 Page 7<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FALMOUTH, Ky., Aug. 5.-Frank King, who carries the mail from Havilandsville to Falmouth and return, has been working for the United States 40 years. He began carrying the mail on July 4, 1876, from Havilandsville to Robinson Station twice a week and continued for four years, and the next four years he made three trips […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_gspb_post_css":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-havilandsville"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"\n