Encyclopedia Dubuque
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AIRMAIL
AIRMAIL. In 1912 the postmaster of Dubuque established a postal sub-station at NUTWOOD PARK. Aviator Charles F. Walsh flew from the park about one mile to a point near the Dubuque post office where the mail pouch was dropped from the plane. The mail was then retrieved and brought to the post office. This aviation meet was sponsored by the Dubuque Business Men's Association.
The first airmail in Dubuque landed at the Dubuque AIRPORT on Tuesday, September 26, 1950 at 9:13 a.m. aboard a Mid-Continent plane. Meeting the cargo was Edward T. Freeman, assistant general superintendent of the Air Mail service in Chicago; Edward Hoffman, Dubuque superintendent of mails; and Ray Briggs, assistant postmaster.
Also see: Lincoln BEACHEY