Boys Scouts and Leaders finished the 2017 Barefoot Mailman Hike in South Beach as they do every year. Photo: Miami Customer Relations Coordinator Mirtha Uriarte
The annual trek honors the efforts of the 1890s South Florida letter carriers, known as the “Barefoot Mailmen,” who walked and carried mail on a four-day journey from Palm Beach to Miami. In October 1887, Letter Carrier James Hamilton mysteriously disappeared along the journey. It is believed that he lost his life at Hillsboro Inlet, attempting to retrieve a dingy he used to get across the waterway. The annual Barefoot Mailman Hike commemorates these mailmen by completing Hamilton’s final route.
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