Jake Turx's political and roots journey in Pennsylvania’s rural Trump country
As we walk through the museum exhibits, Erv gestures toward a map and reminisces: “Pond Creek once had its own post office. And Tannery had a post office, too.” Now, they’re little more than street names on winding country roads. “And now they’re talking about taking White Haven’s post office away.”
“That’s gonna be a bugger,” John whispers, as though already resigned to the town’s fading fate.
Rite Aid recently shuttered its doors as part of a nationwide bankruptcy. With it went White Haven’s lone pharmacy.
Despite voting for Trump, Erv isn’t impressed with the speech from the night before.
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