This Old Letter Found Its Way Home After Being Lost For Over A Century

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1. A mysterious letter arrives

On April 24, 2015, Lori Boes was going through the motions at her work, as the Post Master in a very tiny town called Newaygo, Michigan. Newaygo is a small mining town, with a population of only about 2,000 people.

Historical finds rarely came her way, but there was no way she could’ve known that on that April day, she was about to become part of a mystery dating back over 150 years. As Boes went about her daily routine, a letter arrived on the desk that was addressed to her…kind of. The only words on it were Postmaster, Newaygo, Michigan 49337.