First Post Office in Sugar Grove Township on Galena Road (old Route 30)
description: Newspaper Article Transcription: SUGAR GROVE LANDMARK MAKES WAY FOR PROGRESS On Galena Road (Business 30), what has been know as Myers Hill for years, is to be cut down and widened, thereby requiring the demolition of the first Post Office in Sugar Grove Township. It was kept by Cyrus Slater in 1840 and mail was brought there by Stage Coach enroute from Chicago to Galena. Letters cost twenty-five cents. William Myers purchased the farm from a man named Graves in 1882. Since that time, the house that was the Post Office has been used as a dwelling, either by the Myers family or people connected with the farm. It was a frame house. The floor joists are the original logs cut from the timber, and the exterior walls are insulated with brick. It is still in very sturdy condition but has to make way for progress. Handwritten note: William and Elizabeth Myers Home, Built Circa 1990. Type written note: Donald S. Myers, et al - No. 1 Main Building Residence. Mrs. Stella Myers occupies this residence.
creator: Dan Fitzgerald

U.S. Post Office Citation for Long and Faithful Service: Don L. Waite
subject: "Citation In Recognition of the Long and Faithful Service of Don L. Waite, Rural Carrier, Rural Route No. 1, Sugar Grove, Illinois Post Office, who began his Postal Service on July 1, 1898 as one of the first rural carriers delivering mail on the first 3 rural routes established in the State of Illinois." "Presented April 4, 1964 on this occasion of the District Meeting of the Illinois Rural Carriers Association at Shabbona, Illinois." Signed by Archie L. Blakely, President, Illinois Rural Letter Carriers Association and by Donald L. Swanson, Regional Director, Chicago Region.
creator: Katilin

Old Post Office on Maple Street
description: 60 Maple Street, Sugar Grove, IL Until August 8, 1840, mail had to be taken to Naperville, fifteen miles away, and cost 25 cents to mail. A post office was opened in the Thomas Slater home which stood at the northwest corner of Galena and Route 56, where the exit roads are now. Fall of 1847, Marcus White became Postmaster at Grouse, the intersection of Scott and Harter Roads, and Isaac Silas Fitch was Postmaster at Jericho, the corner of Jericho and Mighell Roads. Then in August 1850, Samuel S. Ingham was Postmaster at Winthrop, Galena Blvd and Densmore Roads. By the late 1880s, the Post Office at Winthrop had been moved to Main Street near the railroad and all but the Grouse Post Office had been closed. Ralph Hartman was a station agent and postman when the Post Office was in the Sugar Grove Train Depot. The Sugar Grove Depot was removed in the 1970s. The familiar little red building had had the distinction of being the only depot on the Burlington Railroad to serve as both a train station and US Post Office. For decades, mail was picked up and dropped off in Sugar Grove by way of the Railway Post Office car, a common part of the passenger trains at one time. The station master would hang the canvas bag of out-going mail from a "crane", which was a hook on an arm suspended from a post along the tracks. In Sugar Grove, this apparatus was located on the railroad right-of-way adjacent to the West Hotel. The mail handler inside the rain car used a hook to grab the bag from the post as the train sped through town. The mail was sorted by mail handlers inside the train car, and later dropped off at the appropriate town, In-coming mail was imply thrown from the open door of the Railway post office car, and shortly after picked up by the station aster. There were only a few times in Sugar Grove when the bag got beneath the wheels of the speeding train, leaving the mail bag and mail in shreds. AmTrak did away with the mail sorters and since have carried only sorted bags of m…
creator: Nate R.
date: July 2020

Post Office: Ralph Hartman, Postmaster inside Sugar Grove Train Depot
subject: Post Office
description: Ralph Hartman, Postmaster inside Sugar Grove Train Depot
creator: Ocker
date: 1940's

Post Office at 60 Maple Street
subject: Post Office
description: No information
creator: Ocker
date: 1960

Post Office at 60 Maple Street
subject: Post Office
description: No information
creator: Ocker
date: 1960

Dedication of Post Office on Maple Street: 1960 (Part 1 of 2)
subject: Click on the first image to open a PDF file containing a compilation of photos.
description: In September 1960, Sugar Grove celebrated the dedication of the U.S. Post Office building at 60 Maple Street. Speakers at the dedication event included Don Myer (Congressman), Stanley Dyer (Post Service Officer), and Vern Graham (Postmaster). Others named in attendance included Everett Skow, Ralph Hartman, Mildred Hartman; Herb Hoffman, Rev. Laxamona, Spive Keck, Eliz Keck, Carter Wilson, Ed Dugan, Elmer Lambert, Harold Potter (La Fox Postmaster), Frank McCannon, Bill Keck, Margaret Grayer, Ellis Grayer, Agnus Lynd, Ester Lynd, Albert Lash, Gladys Lash, Helen Humiston, Margaret McBeth, Carl Boettcher, Margaret Boettcher, and the Kaneland Band. Refer to individual photos for specifics on those named.
creator: Ocker
date: 1960

Post Office Dedication 1960
subject: Post Office
description: Harold Potter - La Fox Postmaster, Frank McCannon, Bill Keck, Margaret & Ellis Grayer
creator: Ocker
date: No date

Post Office Dedication 1960
subject: Post Office
description: Albert & Gladys Lash - Big Rock, Helen Humiston, Margaret McBeth (Lois Graham sister-in-law), Carl & Margaret Boettcher
creator: Ocker
date: No date

Post Office Dedication 1960
subject: Post Office
description: 60 Maple, Art Healy, Ardon Perschnick, Jerry Hall - Elburn Postmaster, Harold Potter - LaFox Postmaster, Jim Fitzgerald
creator: Ocker
date: 1960

Post Office Dedication 1960
subject: Post Office
description: Don Meyer - MC Speaking
creator: Ocker
date: 1960

Post Office Dedication 1960
subject: Post Office
description: Kaneland Band; In uniform - Elmer Lambert, Ralph & Mildred Hartman, Don Meyers (back)
creator: Ocker
date: No date

Dedication of Post Office on Maple Street: 1960 (Part 2 of 2)
subject: Click on the first image to open a PDF file containing a compilation of photos.
description: In September 1960, Sugar Grove celebrated the dedication of the U.S. Post Office building at 60 Maple Street. Speakers at the dedication event included Don Myer (Congressman), Stanley Dyer (Post Service Officer), and Vern Graham (Postmaster). Others named in attendance included Everett Skow, Ralph Hartman, Mildred Hartman; Herb Hoffman, Rev. Laxamona, Spive Keck, Eliz Keck, Carter Wilson, Ed Dugan, Elmer Lambert, Harold Potter (La Fox Postmaster), Frank McCannon, Bill Keck, Margaret Grayer, Ellis Grayer, Agnus Lynd, Ester Lynd, Albert Lash, Gladys Lash, Helen Humiston, Margaret McBeth, Carl Boettcher, Margaret Boettcher, and the Kaneland Band. Refer to individual photos for specifics on those named.
creator: Ocker
date: September 1960

Post Office on Maple Street
subject: Post Office
description: No information
creator: Ocker
date: Apr. 1984

Post Office Dedication 1960
subject: Post Office
description: Don Meyer - MC, Speaking
creator: Ocker
date: No date

Post Office Dedication 1960
subject: Post Office
description: Vern Graham - Postmaster, speaking
creator: Ocker
date: No date

Post Office Dedication 1960
subject: Post Office
description: Stanley Dyer - Speaker; Postal Service Officer
creator: Ocker
date: No date

Post Office Dedication 1960
subject: Post Office
description: U.S. Post Office dedication, Sept. 1960; Everett Skow, Flatbed tractor; Ralph & Mildred Hartman; ? ? Vern Graham behind - Left at podium - Herb Hoffman - Don Myer - Congressman, shoulder (MC of the Day); Stan Dyers, Rev. Laxamona, Spive Keck, Eliz Keck, Carter Wilson, Ed Dugan
creator: Ocker
date: Sept. 1960

Post Office Dedication 1960
subject: Post Office
description: Agnus & Ester Lynd in foreground
creator: Ocker
date: No date

Post Office on Cross Street
subject: Post Office
description: Post Office, August 1, 1986 and in 2020.
creator: Ocker
date: 1986 and 2020