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The Webster Echo
Addison, Webster Springs, Webster County, West Virginia
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Lee A. Hamrick of Waneta, Webster County, West Virginia, has carried mail on horseback for 29 years, covering over 79,000 miles—three times around the Earth—with two trips weekly. The oldest in service, he nears pension after 30 years and has handled other routes. Visited with grandson Arthur and Noah Gregory.
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Lee A. Hamrick, of Waneta, Webster county and his grandson, Arthur Hamrick, who is working in this county, were here Saturday in company with Noah Gregory, of Gallopolis, O.
Lee Hamrick will soon complete 30 years in the mail service of Uncle Sam, having carried the mail continuously from Waneta to Berbardstown for 29 years, making more than 79,000 miles or 3 times around the world on horse back and yet only makes two trips a week.
He is the oldest mail carrier in West Va., in point of service and will be pensioned on completion of another year.
During the 29 years he has contracted other routes and finished contracts for those failing on the job. While here he ordered the Advance-Richwood Advance.
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Waneta, Webster County, West Va.
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Veteran mail carrier Lee A. Hamrick has served 29 years delivering mail on horseback from Waneta to Berbardstown, accumulating over 79,000 miles or three circumferences of the Earth with only two weekly trips. As the longest-serving in West Virginia, he nears pension after 30 years and has completed other routes for failing contractors.