Morton Everel Post (December 25, 1840 – March 19, 1933) was an American businessman, farmer, and politician who served as a delegate to the United States House of Representatives from Wyoming Territory's at-large congressional district.
[1][2] In 1865, he was freighting cargo with twelve other men from Atchison, Kansas to Denver, Colorado Territory when he was attacked by one hundred Native Americans.
In 1866, he moved to North Platte, Nebraska where the Union Pacific Railroad ended and continued working as a freighter.
In the city he ran a store, the post office, made cattle investments, and purchased banking interests.
[1][2] His wife, Amalia Post, was a suffragist and met with Isabella Beecher Hooker, Victoria Woodhull, and Susan B. Anthony while serving as Wyoming's delegate to the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1871.