Idaho Statesman (Boise City, Idaho)  Thursday, August 11, 1864

A new post office has been established at Rocky Bar, Alturas county, and Joshua McLaughlin appoint P.M.  What provision has been made for the transmission of the mails we have not learned, but the people of Alturas will not now be long without an U.S. mail.  It is gratifying to see that the Department is at last moving to accommodate the mining regions in this Territory.  They have deserved it before.  Men who will prospect in and wring wealth from the mountains and gorges of Alturas, deserve only less encouragement from the Government than those fighting its enemies. (Submitted by Nancy Piper)