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Ponama was established on June 9, 1860, with Lewis Martin as Postmaster. The post office was located on the north side of White River on Martin's Farm. On Aug.18, 1863, Ebenezer Dobson became Postmaster and the post office was moved to his farm on the south side of White River, in the Bull neighborhood, Denver Township, just east of the Bull cemetery. It met the needs of this community for eleven years. It was discontinued on Jan. 15, 1872 with William Rogers as Postmaster. Denver Post Office was established on Aug. 6,1866, on the Harrington or Herald Creek, which later was called Martin Creek, about one mile north of White River with Lewis Martin as postmaster on his farm. A dam was located here, forming a pond. Several houses and businesses were built around the pond forming a settlement. This was the second post office Lewis Martin established and he was the first postmaster. The other one being Ponama. Martin also kept bees and had a honey house here. This settlement became known as Denver. This post office was discontinued on July 12, 1870. George H. Hubbard was established as postmaster of a post office called Martinsburgh on May 16,1870. This office was right near the Denver Post Office. On July 12, 1870, when the Denver office was discontinued, Martinsburgh's name was changed to Denver. The 1880 Atlas of Newaygo County shows the post office to be about one mile south of the settlement of Denver, on the south side of White River, on Andrew J. Spencer's farm. Spencer became Postmaster on Feb. 14, 1871. Florian J Martin in 1875, Leslie E. Paigo in 1876 and Andrew J. Spencer in 1877. The office was discontinued on Nov.14, 1891, with James H. Anderson as Postmaster. The mail then went to the Aetna Post Office which was two miles east of Denver. |