Cancelled envelope mailed from Oracle, Ariz., July 17, 1902. The letter is addressed to the Gold Coast, West Africa. Oracle, a small ranching and mining community, established its post office December 28, 1880 with James Branson as postmaster. When he moved in 1883 the post office closed. Edwin S. Dodge, owner of the first lodging house on the Arcadia ranch, opened the post office again in his home on January 7, 1885. The post office window still remains in the building now owned by the Oracle Historical Society.
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