"Owney the Mail Pouch Dog"

Third graders read "Owney the Mail Pouch Dog"

They remembered reading this book in kindergarten  

and very fondly remembered getting to take a

stuffed Owney home for the night and putting

tags on him.  

This time third graders thought

about the ways Owney and mail traveled in 1880-90's.

Stage, Rail, Boat!

They then played a game where they had to move 20 

bags of mail around the country in a given number of days!

Follow the link below to check out this challenge.
"Rail, Sail, or Overland Mail!"
http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/RSOM/RSoOM.html

In 1897, a taxidermist preserved Owney and 
he now resides at the Smithsonian Institute
in Washington D.C.

"Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum."