Update on Closure List for Oregon

I've learned the following Oregon Post Offices have been removed from the closure list:

ADEL OR 97620
AGNESS OR 97406
ANTELOPE OR 97001
AROCK OR 97902
BROTHERS OR 97712
CRANE OR 97732
DREWSEY OR 97904
DURKEE OR 97905
FORT ROCK OR 97735
HARPER OR 97906
IMNAHA OR 97842
JAMIESON OR 97909
OXBOW OR 97840
PAULINA OR 97751
POST OR 97752
RILEY OR 97758
SENECA OR 97873
SUMMER LAKE OR 97640
UKIAH OR 97880
UNITY OR 97884

Read more about the Post Offices Closures at: http://www.savethepostoffice.com/about
It's great news that many of the Post Office are off the closure list but I'm still going to continue my journey to visit all the Post Offices from the original closure list.

In just 2 weeks and six Post Offices visited, I've been surprised how I feel after I visit these rural Post Offices and/or talk to the locals. I feel connected even though I'm only passing through.

At every rural Post Office I've visited someone has acknowledged me. Yes, I know I'm a stranger in their town but I've stopped at many small town markets and fuel stations while traveling around the states and the acknowledgements I'm getting at these Post Offices has been different. Leslie, who I met at the Deadwood Post Office, is a good example.

I find myself wanting to learn more about the communities surrounding these rural Post Offices:

What were the towns origins?
How did they make a living? (So far the one's I've visited were lumber towns)
What was the population "in the day"?
What caused their decline? (Regulation changes for logging)
What does the future hold?

Hope you enjoy following along as I continue my travels this spring and summer.