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Isaac Snider was a progressive farmer in the Six Mile Township. His farm was named Osage Farm after the Osage Hedge which the Department of Agriculture recommended be used as fence. Stagecoach was the mode of transportation in that era. Mr. Snider was a regular refreshment stop for them. He would exchange a cold drink and water for the horses in return for some news of the railroad's progress being built over in Tamaroa. There weren't any clothing slores so Mr. Snider decided to build a store in Osage and secure a post office. In 1890, Robert Dixon and his son James M. Dixon opened the second store in Osage. The post office was moved into this store with James M. Dixon as postmasler. The people of Royalton and Pierce went to Osage for their mail. The Osage Post Office was moved to Pierce, IL on May 18, 1906 and became Pierce Post Office. Ada Pierce was the postmaster.
It remained there until May 24,1910, when it moved to Royalton, IL and became Royalton Post Office. This first Royalton Post Office was located just north of where the fire station is now, in the 400 block of South Main St. It remained there until the early 1930's. At this time it moved to 301 South Main St. where the Royal Bouquet flower shop now stands. Below is a list of the past postmasters, interim postmasters and present postmaster with their induction date. |
