Post Office Cheboygan, MI U. S. Mail leaving Cheboygan, MI Post Office (1910) via dog sled carrier - Pointe Aux Pins & Walkers Point Contributed by Paul Petosky

A postoffice was first established at Cheboygan in 1846, and was named Duncan. It retrained that name until 1870, when it was changed to Cheboygan. The first postmaster was R. McLeod. Since Mr. McLeod, the postmasters have been Bela Chapman, Medard Metivier, Lorenzo Backus, W.M. Belotte, Francis Simmons, C.A. Bruce, John Ford and George P. Humphrey, the present incumbent. The first mail route in the county, was the Saginaw and Sault Ste. Marie. During the winter months dog trains were used to convey the mail. George P. Humphrey, postmaster at Cheboygan, is a native of Perry, Wyoming County N.Y. At an early age he removed with his parents to Michigan, and settled near Lansing. He remained in that vicinity until 1862, when he enlisted in Company A. Twentieth Michigan Infantry. In September 1864, he was taken prisoner and was an inmate of Saulbury prison until March, 1865. The following June he received his discharge and returned home. The following year he took a position in the register's office of Lugham County, where he remained until the spring of 1870, when he came to Cheboygan, his brother Watts S. Humphrey having settled there a year previous. For about two years after coming here, he was engaged hunting pine lands. From 1876 to 1881, he carried on business at the dock, now Baker's dock. In June 1882, he received the appointment ofpostmaster. His family consists of a wife and three children. Cheboygan, MI Post Office cornerstone dated 1925 Cheboygan, MI (Post Office) (1930s) - Contributed by Paul Petosky