Crawford -1892 Post Office

Crawford -1892 Post Office

Men on horses, Women in Buggy

Pictured above in the center with a black dress, Eliza Ong was a tireless worker, often driving a wagon by herself clear to Delta for supplies for the store. If she needed lumber, she went to Black Mesa to a sawmill and loaded the lumber herself. It is said she carried two pistols under her skirt for protection. Her health began to fail, and she took Paul Kruemling in as a partner. He and her son Floyd Zimmerman began to run the store. Right before her death in 1899, she planned her own funeral. She also deeded the spot for the church and cemetery.

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1892

Leone Maher Den Beste