E22 - Auraria Had Mail: Colorado's Network Connection in 1859

Gilligan's Island - Thank You - Spotify  - Mail vs. Express - Henry Allen wins "Mr. Auraria" - Denver City "Post Office" - Real Mail Arrives - Backwards Almost 700 miles and a month away from friends, family and business (the network connection) the frontiersmen men and women in western Kansas Territory just want a little "network" service (at a fair price...with regularity...like other Americans). Postage was 3 cents to get a letter 3,000 miles - so why did it cost 28 cents (11 dollars today) to mail a letter back home?  Find out by playing the episode... Thank you, Happy New Year!