Owney, the Celebrated Traveling Mail Dog

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• Submitted by cgrotke on August 8, 2014 at 11:20 am

  Interesting link

  “Railway mail clerks considered the dog a good luck charm. At a time when train wrecks were all too common, no train Owney rode was ever in a wreck. The Railway mail clerks adopted Owney as their unofficial mascot, marking his travels by placing medals and tags on his collar. Each time Owney returned home to Albany, the clerks there saved the tags. ”

  He’s now at the National Postal Museum. Neat.

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• Submitted by cgrotke on September 18, 2014 at 9:05 am

  Arf

  Having read many more old papers since this first report, I can say that the mail dog made a few visits to town. He drops in via train, looks around, and heads on out to other destinations. I think I’ve seen his name 3 or 4 times now, scattered over a few years and various months.

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