Fort MacArthur Post Station

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. A postal worker was sorting mail one afternoon when she noticed something peculiar. A delivery driver kept pulling up to the counter with an unusual package—an old, battered suitcase wrapped in brown paper. Finally curious, she opened it—a stack of old letters addressed to someone named ‘Mrs. Rosebud’ from a town far away. Turns out, every week for years, a delivery driver had been delivering these same letters without opening them. When asked why, he said simply, 'She never got to read them while she was alive.' The postal worker smiled and thought, ‘Now that’s what I call good neighbors.’

2. One morning, an elderly neighbor dropped off some packages at Fort MacArthur Post Station. As he left, he overheard a strange announcement on the intercom: ‘Attention all customers and employees—your letters are now available in reverse order of posting!’ The old man chuckled, thinking it was just another quirky joke from the postmaster. Later that day, when he went to pick up his mail, he found his birthday card from his granddaughter had been delivered first, followed by bills, catalogues, and finally, his important letter from the bank—all upside down. With a smile, he shrugged and said, 'Guess I'll have to read everything twice!'

3. Early in the morning, before the sun had fully risen, a delivery driver pulled up to Fort MacArthur Post Station. As he unloaded boxes from his truck, he noticed something odd: every package seemed to be addressed not just to different addresses but also to different decades. Curious, he opened one box labeled ‘Main Street, 1985’. Inside was an old cassette tape with The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’. Shaking his head, he continued unpacking until he found another addressed to ‘Mrs. Jones, 2045’. When he looked inside, there was a tiny holographic letter opener shaped like a butterfly. Just then, a neighbor walked by and asked what all the fuss was about. Smiling, the delivery driver replied, “It seems someone forgot to include the year on these packages.”}

4. Who keeps leaving those mysterious letters addressed to ‘Dear Friend’? Nobody knows for sure, but they always appear in the mailbox after dark. One day, a delivery driver found himself delivering not just mail, but also a package wrapped in old newspaper—inside was a letter reading, ‘Dear Friend, please deliver this to Fort MacArthur Post Station.’ When asked why he did it, he shrugged and said, ‘Someone has to be Dear Friend!’