July 29, 1972
Isobella McKercher Braden retired as Postmaster of the Crawfordsville Post Office, which was raised from fourth class to third class during her time there. She began operating the office as acting Postmaster on July 1, 1943, serving the position the longest of anyone in the office, and was the only one who worked under Civil Service there.
Braden’s father is the namesake for McKercher State Park, which sits across from her family…