Post Offices and Mail Routes
Researched through Library of Congess
By : Tina Easley
TUESDAY , FEBUARY 1, 1848
JOURNAL OF THE SENATE
MR. ASHLEY SUBMITTED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION ; WHICH WAS CONSIDERED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT , AND AGREED TO :
RESOLVED , THAT THE COMMITTEE ON THE POST OFFICE AND POST ROADS BE INSTRUCTED TO INQUIRE INTO THE EXPEDIENCY OF ESTABLISHING A POST ROUTE FROM POWHATTEN , IN LAWRENCE COUNTY , ARKANSAS , VIA WALCOTT, TO WILLIE'S IN GREENE COUNTY , IN SAID STATE.
Jan. 9, 1854
JOURNAL OF THE SENATE
MR. JOHNSON PRESENTED A LETTER FROM F. BOOTHE , IN FAVOR OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MAIL ROUTE FROM POWHATTAN TO GAINESVILLE , IN ARKANSAS : WHICH WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE POST OFFICE AND POST ROADS .
Feb. 18 , 1850
JOURNAL OF THE SENATE
Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads inquire into the expediency of establishing a mail route from Powhatan, in the county of Lawrence, in the State of Arkansas, via Walcott, to Welkeyville, in Green County, in said State; and an extension from Paracliftee, in Sevier county, State of Arkansas, to Rocky Comfort, in said county, of the route from Washington to Paracliftee.