Kaweah Post Office

An adorable tiny old post office the size of an outhouse, almost. I met the lady who takes care of it and she was very kind and knowledgeable. Warning, in spite of the beautiful stained glass sign, they DO NOT SELL STAMPS. 😄

Might of been able to in the past but not able to see the inside, door was locked. Still pretty cool to stop and see. There was a small pull off to park at. Right off the road

What a sweet find. Glad we didn't miss this piece of history. It was fantastic to see. It's a hidden gem, well worth the drive.

Small post office - nothing special - but a sweet historical standard in its own right.

Small Cozy Beautiful Scenery of a Post Office. By the way it is a functioning office.

This was a great find. Charming post office with eclectic exterior.

The cutest little place ever!!! I had gotten lost and happen to stumble upon this little post office and im so happy I did.!!

I use to Live just a Short distance past this Post Office! It's a Beautiful area to Enjoy, just be Careful Not to Trespass on Private Property while doing so! If you keep Driving up the North Fork Dr. It's a Back Road to the National Park!

Super cute little charming post office! I love how it is still working! The only downside was gps sent me first to someone's backyard that had a dog! Other than that, I love how they have a little library where you can take a leave books. Its in a small space with tables on the side too. It's a nice little peace of History! I would definitely stop by here if im in the area.

So. I was headed up the mountain to see the Sequoias. But. On the lil road up, my eyes caught sight of a lil brown sign. It read 'Post Office'. What? Historical Post office? Heck ya! It's on a lil windy road. There's zero phone service there. But it's the most tiniest most adorable lil post office I have seen in my forty years on this planet. From what I read off the lil plaque, the colony there was founded in 1885. It was there for a few years, and eventually fizzled out. They left their post office though. So. Ya. The coolest bit about this place, is that it's still a functioning post office. They still sell stamps, they still have a lil wall of post office boxes, and there's a place where you can drop off your postcards and letters to be mailed out to your friends and family back home. There's even a lil 'take one leave one' library. It's a lil quaint piece of history that still functions as it did a hundred and thirty three years ago. A step back in time if you will. And you can mail your postcards too.

When you are up high on a mountain and feel like sending out a postcard to family about your visit to the Kings Canyon Sequoia National Forrest, there is inky one place to stop. You guessed it, the Kaweah Post Office just North of the General Sherman Tree. This location must have the cheapest postage in California at 29 cent postage to mail postcards. It was so inexpensive that it was around 50 cents to buy and mail a postcard. You can't beat that when it costs as much just to mail some paper in an envelope from home. If your extra nice they will use a special postage canceller for maximum tourist effect. Apparently it's still snow season as it was still coming down Memorial weekend and sone walkways were blocked. They did a nice job of clearing a path though. My favorite part was the complaint department, see the photo.

I stopped to check out this old fashioned post office because it is a California Historic Landmark (number 389). No one was around, but this post office is apparently still being used. It offers a little side trip if you're interested in local history.