 In 1873, Civil War veteran Horace A. Cowles set up the Cyclone post office in his home one mile east and one mile south of present-day Shelby.In 1879, with the coming of the railroad, a second post office named Arcade was established one mile east of the present site of Shelby.In the winter of 1880, the post office was moved again a mile west to where Shelby is today.