Coloma Post Office Contributed and transcribed by Cousin Don Henkle. ------------------------------------------------------------------- KSGENWEB INTERNET GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY COPYRIGHT NOTICE: In keeping with the KSGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. -------------------------------------------------------------- COLOMA Post OFFICE The third post office established in Woodson County was in the log cabin home of Thomas Sears, along a branch of North Owl Creek, four miles north and a mile west of present Yates Center. On 19 June 1860 Sears established the post office he named Mount Airy. When the post office of Mount Airy was discontinued and the Sears family moved away, the farm was sold to Margaret Blanchard who had come here with her son, George, with a wagon caravan from Kirksville, Missouri. A wagon trail from Le Roy to Pleasant Grove, a log settlement along the Verdigris river, passed very close to the Blanchard home. Mail was taken by stage coach through there. Margaret Blanchard operated a hotel in her home, furnishing meals and lodging for travelers along this trail. On 13 April 1865, George Blanchard established a post office in this home which he gave the name of Coloma. The postmasters of Coloma changed rather often with all of them living along this same branch of North Owl Creek. The last move was to the Oliver P. Augustine home along the present U.S. 75, where the roadside park is, five and one-half miles north of Yates Center. Here it was kept until it was discontinued 31 Jan. 1902.