Interview with Roy Horton

An interview with Roy Horton about life as a mail carrier in Palco, KS 00:00:10 - Biographical information 01:01:30 - Life as a post master in Palco, KS 00:04:17 - World War I 00:06:23 - Transition from teaching to delivering mail 00:07:50 - Father's work as a mail carrier 00:08:30 - Mail delivery times 00:09:35 - Post office operations and list of post masters 00:14:09 - Changes to the mail service over the years 1923-1965 00:15:20 - Carrying mail during dust storms and finding a lost child 00:16:37 - Carrying mail during snow storms 00:20:00 - Memorable interactions 00:21:53 - Motorized vehicles for mail carriers 00:24:37 - Difficulties delivering the mail in 1911 00:26:53 - Delivering mail during dust storms 00:28:00 - Sorting mail 00:30:00 - Life during the Great Depression 00:31:47 - World War II 00:33:10 - Transition away from rail service 00:36:47 - Role of the mail system 00:40:17 - Introduction of the computer to the mail system and doubts that computers will be used in the mail system 00:42:40 - Tornadoes on the route