Owney was a stray terrier adopted as the first unofficial postal mascot by a post office that is roughly 150 mi north of New York City.
Owney (ca. 1887  June 11, 1897), was a stray Border terrier adopted as the first unofficial postal mascot by the Albany, New York, post office about 1888. 
 Roughly 150 mi north of New York City, Albany developed on the west bank of the Hudson River, about 10 mi south of its confluence with the Mohawk River. 
