The Mailbox That Reappeared From a House Erased in 1951

The Mailbox That Reappeared From a House Erased in 1951

Cold curiosity: a green mailbox marked 414 stands in a creek-side tree line with no house, no road within 200 yards, and an address that official county maps say was formally discontinued in 1963 - who wiped a home off the records, and why did one trustee write "this isn't right"?

In this episode, we present the documented events and testimonies connected to 414 Candler Reach Road, following Marie Rafferty's archival submission and two recorded interviews with Thomas Meyer to trace what happened to the Meyer household and the vanished address. Can the reappearance of a single mailbox reopen a record someone deliberately erased?

Person: Rachel Meyer Person: Thomas Meyer Date: February 9, 2011 Location: Candler Creek, Maren Township, Holt County, Ohio Event: Public notice discontinuing address filed February 14, 1963

- On February 9, 2011 Debra Watson photographed a green mailbox with black letters "414" about 30 feet from Candler Creek with no nearby road. - Marie Rafferty had spent eight years researching the non-existent address four-one-four Candler Reach Road before the 2011 mailbox report. - A public notice formally discontinuing the address was published in the Maren Township Clarion on February 14, 1963. - Township trustee Howard Vance wrote "this isn't right" in the margin of the discontinuation document and died the following February. - Thomas Meyer, born 1937, was interviewed in March 2011 as the only living person who knew what happened at 414 in January 1951.

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