Eric on The Road

Journeys into the offbeat, off the beaten path, overlooked and forgotten - by Eric Model

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

New Podcast Posting: The Smallest Post Office in the USA

There’s a unique post office along Route 41 in Ochopee, Florida, which has become a tourist destination unto itself.

This closet-sized, 7×8-foot building used to be an irrigation pipe shed for a tomato farm. It was pressed into service after a fire destroyed the Ochopee general store — which also housed the post office — in 1953.

The town, which sits on the edge of the Everglades, and which reportedly has a population of 11, has been happy with it ever since.

We speak about it in this Conversations on the Road podcast with Gene Wooten, who owns the building. Our conversation also gets into some other local flavor, including a culinary dish called Gator Tails.

At:
http://www.conversationsontheroad.com/

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