COULTERVILLE, CA — Historic Coulterville, CA will make history once more when the Coulterville Village Post Office (VPO) opens Monday, April 28, 2014. Located in the Greeley Hill True Value Hardware store, the VPO will open that day in grand fashion at 10:00 a.m. at 6364 Greeley Hill Road, Coulterville CA 95311. Owner Ken Devoe will join Sacramento Postal District officials at a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Greeley Hill True Value Hardware has been in business for ten years. They stock hardware, tools, pet supplies, propane and 24-hour gas and diesel. Now the store adds true value in U.S. Postal Service products and services. The store is open daily, 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Devoe believes that by adding Postal Service products and services in his store he adds value to the community.
Devoe has had a varied career since he left his native New York. He joined the U.S. Air Force and was stationed at Castle Air Force Base. He served as an officer in the Merced Police Department and as sergeant in the Mariposa Sheriff’s Department. He has also owned several small businesses and held the office of Mayor of Atwater from 1994-1998.Devoe and his family moved to Coulterville in 2005 and soon after purchased Greeley Hill True Value Hardware.
Greeley Hill is a small community located eight miles to the east of Coulterville, on the John Muir Trail to Yosemite National Park. Coulterville is a registered historical landmark and was founded as a mining town in 1850. There are a few remaining mines in operation. Coulterville hosts the John Muir Geotourism Center and the Coulterville Coyotefest. During the summer months, old west shootouts are staged in front of the Historic Jeffrey Hotel which was built in 1851. With the opening of the Coulterville VPO, tourists and locals will have another location to mail packages filled with souvenirs, photos and memories.
VPOs are usually located in established businesses, giving them the added retail advantage of providing customers convenient access to the Postal Service products and services used most often by consumers.# # #
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