Samuel Prouty farmed two miles east of the north side of the road in the 1860’s. The Eagle Post Office was located in his house, and he was appointed the first Postmaster on November 5, 1869.
At that time, there was a stage and mail route from Plattsmouth to Weeping Water and another stage route from Weeping Water to Eagle. A mail route was established between Lincoln and Eagle but only ran on Saturday. This was primarily for the State Journal paper.
The Post Office was moved from time to time until Joseph A. Blanchard was made Postmaster on October 29, 1885 and moved the Post Office into his store where the ball diamond is now. Later, the Post Office moved to a building on the west side of main street, and then to a building on the east side of main street. That building was used for many years and is still standing in 1986.
Many of the people involved with providing mail service to the residents of the Eagle area are listed below.
RURAL CARRIERS |
POSTMASTER |
APPOINTED DATE |
Ansil Berdick |
Samuel Prouty |
Nov. 5, 1869 |
Bob Corr |
William Wright |
Sept. 12, 1872 |
Bill Trumble |
Harriet McClintic |
May 18, 1874 |
Ralph Beach |
Alfred S. Cooley |
May 24, 1876 |
Ralph Dreamer |
John J. Bahr |
Oct. 11, 1880 |
*Orin Lanning |
Frank C. McClintic |
Feb. 1, 1882 |
*Don Schmidt |
William G. Dougherty |
Dec. 18, 1882 |
*Dick Carr |
Jay D. Freeman |
Dec. 11, 1884 |
*Marion Wulf |
Joseph A. Blanchard |
Oct. 29, 1885 |
*Melvin Adams |
Abanson O. Taylor |
Oct. 9, 1889 |
*substitute carriers |
Joseph A. Blanchard |
Aug. 15, 1891 |
CLERKS |
(not commissioned) |
|
Eva Scattergood |
John M. Ray |
Aug. 22, 1891 |
Verna Habel |
Joseph W. Beiser |
April 9, 1892 |
Diane Krieser |
George W. Venner |
April 1, 1896 |
Katherine Dreamer |
James M. Gardner |
April 20, 1900 |
|
Franz A. Ollerman |
Feb. 4, 1902 |
|
Pauline O. Ollerman |
July 10, 1904 |
|
William H. Gardner |
Aug. 29, 1904 |
|
George W. Peterson |
May 23, 1906 |
|
Raymond B. Watson |
Sept. 12, 1914 |
|
F. William Blomenkamp |
June 22, 1915 |
Acting Postmaster |
Fred C. Beach |
Dec. 5, 1923 |
|
Fred C. Beach |
March 15, 1924 |
Acting Postmaster |
Mrs. Pearl Adams |
May 3, 1938 |
|
Hazel L. Porter |
April 25, 1939 |
Acting Postmaster |
Verna E. Habel |
May 5, 1967 |
|
Verna E. Habel |
April 4, 1968 |
|
Ruby K. Wilson |
Nov. 29, 1982 |
|
Richard D. Wendt |
Feb. 5, 1983 |