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Ochopee (pop. 950) is home to the nation's
smallest post office, a 62-square-foot building that
serves residents of the swampy area. The structure,
about the size of a child’s playhouse, is located in
the middle of the Big Cypress National Preserve,
between Miami and Naples, Fla., along U.S. High
way 41.
The preserve—the first nationally designat
ed preserve in the nation —teems with wildlife,
including bears, alligators and the elusive Florida
panther, that live among pine trees, orchids, prairies
and mangrove forests.
The Ochopee mail carrier drives 132 miles every
day, making 350 stops to serve nearly 950 resi
dents along the route. "Ninety percent of who we
deliver to are the Miccosukee tribe," says postmaster
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Nanette Watson, who lives in Ochopee.
Tire post office building originally served as a
shed for a tomato farm. After a 1953 fire destroyed
the Ochopee general store where the post office was
located, the shed was converted into the post office
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“We have everything the other post offices do. We just have it on
a smaller scale,” Watson says.
Largest candy counter
Jim Alden has a unique relationship with things big and small.
Alden, the owner of the world's largest candy counter, says the large
chain stores that have moved into Littleton, N.H. (pop. 5,845),
haven’t been totally bad for business.
“It’s turned us into a destination marketplace,” says Alden, 42,
who with his wife, Lynn, bought Chutters Store last year. "Our call
ing is now, How do we get shoppers to our end of town?”’
People from the region travel to Littleton for die large retail scores,
but they also like to stop on Main Street to browse through unique
shops such as Chutters, home to an 111-foot candy counter with 7(X)
jars of sweet treats. The selection includes gummy cola bottles and
eight kinds of black licorice. Tlie three-tiered candy counter is lined
with jars of candies that include circus peanuts, candy lipsticks and
other confections, with no repeats.
“People grab a bag and go to work,” Alden says. “We still
have a section of penny candy that you can get for a penny,
and we do count it out."
Chutters is located at 43 Main St. in Littleton. Visit
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