The Fredonia Grange is at the Calhoun County Fairgrounds today, setting up the story of the origins of rural mail delivery at their both in the oldest fair building in Michigan, the floral hall. According to Alice Schneider, pictured, the Grange is responsible for pushing the federal government to provide rural mail delivery. Here, an early rural delivery buggy, on loan from Mike Schragg's collection from the United States Postal Museum in Marshall, is the main feature of the story the Fredonia Grange will tell at the fair. It's just one of many attractions converging on the fairgrounds in Marshall. The fair runs Aug. 10-16. See the CCAIS linke at right for more information.
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