Title: Owney, the Mail-Pouch Pooch
First published: April 29, 2008
Description: Owney was a real dog that was first found in 1888. For almost ten years, he rode the mail trains all over the country. He even took a trip around the world as the guest of the U.S. Postal workers. Newspapers recorded his travels. Owney was the most famous dog of his day.
Subjects: Postal service, Juvenile fiction, traveling mail dogs, Fiction, Dogs, Voyages and travels, owney, trains, Mascots, Owney (Dog), national postal museum, Terriers, Children's fiction, Dogs, fiction, Postal service, fiction, Voyages and travels, fiction
Time periods: 1890s