Watch: Owney the railway dog traveled the world in the 1890s with the United States Postal Service

He was a mega celebrity at the time

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Timeline
1 min readFeb 18, 2017

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Owney was the beloved pet of more than 10,000 postal workers, and his cross-country journeys were well-documented by newspapers all over America. As canine tales go, the cute, straggly mutts always prevail. But Owney’s story is even more incredible for being true.

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