Hye Post Office
Hye, Blanco County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Named for Hiram ("Hye") Brown, founder of store, in 1880. Post office established 1886. Present store with Bavarian metalwork built in 1904. Owned by Deike family since 1923. At age four, Lyndon B. Johnson, future U.S. President, mailed a letter here- a postal customer for first time in his life. Postmaster General Lawrence F. O'Brien was sworn into cabinet of President Johnson at this post office in 1965. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1966.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
The tiny community of Hye grew up around Hiram Brown's store in 1880, and its post office opened in 1886 inside the present store with its distinctive metalwork facade. Its greatest claim to fame is personal: at age four, future president Lyndon B. Johnson mailed a letter here, his first act as a postal customer. Decades later, in 1965, President Johnson had his Postmaster General Lawrence O'Brien sworn into the cabinet at this very post office.
Why it matters
A rural post office became a stage for presidential history, tying a Hill Country hamlet to Lyndon Johnson's lifelong roots in the Texas countryside.
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Related people
- · Lyndon B. Johnson
- · Lawrence F. O'Brien
- · Hiram Brown
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