These writings are about all the post offices in Upper and Lower Kalskag and who worked in them. They also tell about how the mail was brought to Kalskag then and now.
Author: Hank Aloysius
Lower Kalskag postal history
The Lower Kalskag post office was established in the year of 1958, shortly after Upper kalskag had theire own post office. Mary Valka was the first postmistress of Lower Kalskag. The post office was located across the road from the elementary school, Zackar Levi Elementary School. During this
Author: Hank Aloysius
Upper Kalskag postal history
The postal service has served Kalskag for over fifty years and of course it’s still operating today. According to long time resident Dunia Holmberg, the postal service first came to be during the early 1950’s and was first located at the Upper Kalskag elementary school. The postmaster of that
Author: Tiffany Samuelson
Upper Kalskag Post Office
Our interview was about the old Upper Post Office with Dunia Holmberg and Diana Samuelson. I learned that the first post office was in the Joseph and Olinga Gregory elementary school in Upper Kalskag. A teacher named Gene Avee told people to give her their letters and she’ll send them. This
Author: Tiffany Samuelson
The Way To Bring Mail
Long ago when there were no vehicles in Kalskag there were sled-dogs and they brought the mail to Aniak. It also got the mail and brought it to Kalskag everyday. There were a couple of drivers but the main one was Paul Kameroff Sr. This started in the 1950s and ended when the airplanes started to
