Considered the smallest post office in the United States, the Ochopee building had originally been an irrigation pipe shed on the J. T. Gaunt Company tomato farm. Postmaster Sidney Brown hurriedly put it into service after a disastrous night fire in 1953 destroyed Ochopee’s general store and post office. It has remained in continuous use ever since as both a post office and a Trailways bus lines ticket station, serving residents across a three-county area, including Seminole and Miccosukee Indians living in the region. Its daily business often includes requests from tourists and stamp collectors around the world for the well-known Ochopee postmark. The Wooten Family acquired the property in 1992.