| Collinsville named for Dr. A. H. Collins to move his post office here in ~1898 |
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The
current location of the Collinsville, Oklahoma, Post Office (since 1998)
on the NW corner of 11th & Center
118 S. 11th Street (Former location of the Erwin/Commercial Hotel 1911 - 1978) |
April
2009 |
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From September
6, 2023 Interview of 101 Year Old Rose Rhodes (by Linda Henshall
Wilson) She married Lester "Dutch" Rhodes in 1942 (here on Center Street) during World War II. He served in North Africa, Italy and Germany. He later drove egg truck, then later for Sol Crocker. 1936 to Morrow place. She had lived with Mrs. Harriet Ellingwood at 14th and Maple. She came to the Collinsville Post Office in 1948 when the Post Office was in the back of the Bayouth Building. O.V. Stevens was her first postmaster. She recalls other postal employees: Arlie Oakson, Bob Wode, Burl Lazlier, Kenneth Sheehan, Don Barrett, Charlie Payne, Martha Howell. She moved with Post Office to Main Street and later Center Street where they had more room. She advanced from clerk to assistant postmaster. She retired from Post Office in 1983. She was a stamp collector. Rose's mother was Alice Tate (who lived at 15th and Center). Rose was youngest of 7 kids. Alice first married Joe Payne (a Federal Marshall). She married in 1892. |