Owney: Tales from the Rails, written by Jerry Rees with songs by Stephen Michael Schwartz and illustrations by Fred Cline, is narrated by Trace Adkins, who also performs the songs.

Owney was a scruffy mutt who was adopted by postal workers in the Albany, New York, post office in the late 1880s. The clerks let him stay, and he fell asleep on some mailbags.

Today, a new exhibit at the National Postal Museum is dedicated to the life and achievements of Owney, the terrier-mix dog who served nine years as the unofficial mascot of the U.S. Railway Mail...

Jul 1, 2025 · On an autumn day in 1888, a shaggy pup took his first steps toward becoming a postal legend when he crept into the Albany, NY, Post Office. Postal employees allowed him to stay and …

May 10, 2025 · This is the remarkable story of Owney, the postal dog, a scruffy terrier who became a USPS mascot, traveled 143,000 miles by rail, and journeyed around the world in 1895.

Owney, the renowned railway mail dog, returns home to New York on Dec. 23, 1895, after his world tour. Owney became famous as he traveled by mail car around the United States and Canada, then …

Jul 25, 2011 · According to the National Postal Museum, more than 80 mail clerks were killed in train wrecks, and more than 2000 were injured between 1890 and 1900. Owney became known as a good …

Aug 22, 2024 · Between 1888 and 1897, a scruffy mutt turned Railway Mail Service mascot traveled the globe helping US postal clerks deliver the mail. Owney's story begins in 1888 at the Albany, New …

Owney was beloved by postal workers everywhere and adopted as the unofficial mascot of the US Postal Service. His greatest trip was in 1895, when he actually traveled all the way around the world! …

Owney, also known as "Globe-trotter," was a mutt abandoned by a postal clerk at a Albany, New York post office in 1888. Postal workers bundled him in mail bags to keep him warm, and grateful Owney …