Legendary gold rush milkman Snowshoe Thompson gets his due

[boingboing]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/04/14/legendary-gold-rush-milkman-gets-his-due.html

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[hotel]

This is a good story. But it’s way less weird than the “Legendary gold rush milkman” story I was hoping to read .

[the_borderer]

@hotel

But it’s way less weird than the “Legendary gold rush milkman” story I was hoping to read .

Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)

[RickMycroft]

[teknocholer]

@hotel

But it’s way less weird than the “Legendary gold rush milkman” story…

You’re telling me. Imagine having to deliver the milk in summer, with a hundred-pound block of ice on his back to keep it cool.

[Surprise_Puma]

I suppose if you mailed your neighbor some milk, he’d have probably delivered it.

[SamSam]

And more (just cause the covers are great):

[KathyPartdeux]

He deserves a posthumous Postmaster General Medal of Freedom.

If there were such a thing.

[Franko]

i’ve heard many, many stories about Snowshoe, but never that he delivered milk!

[noahdjango]

[anothernewbbaccount]

@hotel

This is a good story. But it’s way less weird than the “Legendary gold rush milkman” story I was hoping to read .

Needs more @carolyntownsend but of course that doesn’t work, does it.

Seems like an autocorrect error inflicted on someone who does not proof-read. Mind you, do guest writers decide their own headlines? Who knows.

@orenwolf - major headline snafu.

[teknocholer]

@anothernewbbaccount

@orenwolf - major headline snafu.

Too late now. It’s funnier as is.