The people thought nothing of waiting many hours for a stage coach. Shortly after the Plank Road was built, the first post office in Glenshaw was opened in small store building in the John Shaw yard. Mr. William Shaw was postmaster. The post office was discon- tinued when the West Penn Railroad was built in Butler in 1864. The mail was then carried by train, and the Glenshaw peo- ple had to go to Etna for their mail.
Station now stands.
Several ice houses were built, making a very profitable business. Ice ponds were delightful places to skate, and people came for miles to enjoy this winter sport. In a yard in Huckleberry Flat. When the Pittsburgh and Western narrow gauge railroad was built through Glenshaw in 1877, a Post Office was again opened in a small room at the rear of the grist mill wtih Miss Nancy Shaw as Postmistress. Later she put up a new building near the mill and opened a store in connection wtth the Post Office.