Butterfield Overland Mail

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Butterfield Overland Mail was a 19th-century stagecoach service that carried mail and passengers across the United States on one of the earliest transcontinental routes before the advent of the transcontinental railroad.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf stagecoach mail service ⓘ
transportation company ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Butterfield Stage ⓘ
Overland Mail Company ⓘ
linked to: Pony Express
cargo express freight ⓘ
mail ⓘ
passengers ⓘ
contractingAuthority United States Post Office Department ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
distance approximately 2,800 miles ⓘ
endDate 1861 ⓘ
followedBy transcontinental railroad mail service ⓘ
headquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
historicalDesignation National Historic Trail (authorized route segments) ⓘ
historicalPeriod pre–American Civil War era ⓘ
impact facilitated communication between eastern and western United States before the transcontinental railroad ⓘ
inception 1857 ⓘ
industry mail delivery ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ
legislatedBy United States Congress ⓘ
namedAfter John Butterfield ⓘ
notableFeature followed a southern route to avoid Rocky Mountain snows ⓘ
one of the earliest transcontinental mail routes in the United States ⓘ
operator John Butterfield ⓘ
partOf United States postal system ⓘ
precededBy earlier regional stage and mail routes ⓘ
reasonForEnd outbreak of the American Civil War ⓘ
regionServed American Southwest ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ
routeDescription southern transcontinental stagecoach route across the United States ⓘ
routeEnd San Francisco, California ⓘ
linked to: San Francisco
routeStart Memphis, Tennessee ⓘ
St. Louis, Missouri ⓘ
serviceFrequency semi-weekly ⓘ
significantEvent awarded U.S. mail contract in 1857 ⓘ
startDate 1858-09-16 ⓘ
successor Central Overland Route ⓘ
Overland Mail Company routes via central corridor ⓘ
transportationMode stagecoach ⓘ
travelTime approximately 23 days between St. Louis and San Francisco ⓘ
usedVehicle Concord stagecoach ⓘ
via Arizona ⓘ
Fort Smith, Arkansas ⓘ
Indian Territory ⓘ
New Mexico Territory ⓘ
Southern California ⓘ
Texas ⓘ

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Knott's Berry Farm → hasAttraction → Butterfield Stagecoach ⓘ
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Yuma Crossing → partOfRoute → Butterfield Overland Mail route ⓘ
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John Butterfield → notableWork → Butterfield Overland Mail ⓘ
John Butterfield → founded → Butterfield Overland Mail Company ⓘ
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Butterfield Overland Mail → alsoKnownAs → Butterfield Stage ⓘ
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Benjamin Holladay → owned → Overland Stage Line ⓘ
linked to: Butterfield Overland Mail
Fort Bowie National Historic Site (vicinity) → hasHistoricalSignificance → Butterfield Overland Mail route ⓘ
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Fort Wallace → locatedNear → Butterfield Overland Despatch route ⓘ
subject linked to: Fort Wallace (historic site)
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Russell Springs, Kansas → associatedWith → Butterfield Overland Despatch trail ⓘ
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Apache Pass → hasNearbyFeature → Butterfield Overland Mail route ⓘ
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Apache Pass → usedBy → Butterfield Overland Mail stage line ⓘ
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Fort Bowie → locatedNear → Butterfield Overland Mail route ⓘ
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