Impending Post Office Closures in Rural Montana

Evening news programs might seem like an unlikely source for Montana history topics but when you think of it, what is news today will be history tomorrow.  For the past few days, KULR First News at Five has been covering some of the smallest of Montana towns that are likely to lose their post offices if the USPS moves forward to cut billions of dollars from their budgets by closing rural post offices.  According to the report, 85 post offices in Montana are on the list of possible closures.  Sarah Gravelee's coverage of the history of Igomar, Ringling, and Martinsdale, and the effect of the impending post office closures on their citizens, brought to mind just how many towns have come and gone since Montana became a state.  In her reports Ms. Gravlee mentioned that the final decision on the closures will likely come in January, I am looking forward to her coverage, no matter which way the decision goes.