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    Butterfield Overland Mail (officially Overland Mail Company) was a stagecoach service in the United States operating from 1858 to 1861. It carried passengers...
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    In Texas, the Butterfield Overland Mail service created by Congress on March 3, 1857, was operated until March 30, 1861. The route that was operated extended...
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    Pinery Station (category Butterfield Overland Mail stations)
    Pinery Station, or The Pinery, was built as a relay station on the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach route, located at the crest of Guadalupe Pass in what...
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    Aguanga, California (category Butterfield Overland Mail in California)
    village of the Native village called awáanga, meaning 'dog place'. Butterfield Overland Mail established a station 1.7 miles to the west of the current post...
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  • Fort Fillmore (category Butterfield Overland Mail stations)
    converged in El Paso and, along with the Butterfield, Pacific and Overland Trails, passed through the corridor Fort Fillmore was erected to defend. The...
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    Vallecito, San Diego County, California (category Butterfield Overland Mail stations)
    and other pioneer travelers. Area is adjacent to Vallecito Butterfield Stage-Overland Mail Station in San Diego County Park. 19th century homestead of...
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    the Butterfield Company to carry mail between Los Angeles and San Francisco via the new wagon road over the Santa Susana Pass. The first overland mail stage...
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    Marana, Arizona (category Butterfield Overland Mail stations)
    Anza National Historic Trail. Pointer Mountain Station, of the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach line used from 1858, was found during the study of...
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    the midwest to California. In 1861, John Butterfield, who since 1858 had been using the Butterfield Overland Mail, also switched to the Central Route to...
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    beginning with a California Gold Rush and developing into the Butterfield Overland Mail, Civil War trails and railroads such as the St. Louis and San...
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    Butterfield Overland Mail Corridor...
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    Butterfield Overland Mail Corridor...
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    Spanish and Mexican colonial Alta California - as well as the Butterfield Overland Mail route. The Ridge Route, a landmark two-lane highway that connected...
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    Claremont/Pomona and Lake Elsinore roughly followed the path of the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach line. When the portion between San Diego and Temecula...
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    relay stations along the San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line and the later more famous Butterfield Overland Mail Route. Today, very little remains of this once...
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    national historic trails are designated to protect the courses of significant overland or water routes that reflect the history of the nation. They represent...
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    Porterville, California (category Butterfield Overland Mail in California)
    1858 to 1861 it was the location of the Tule River Station of Butterfield Overland Mail. Royal Porter Putnam came to the village in 1860 to raise cattle...
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    the United States Government formally revoked the contract of the Butterfield Overland Stagecoach Company in anticipation of the coming conflict. A more...
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    Mission San Fernando Rey de España (category Butterfield Overland Mail in California)
    century: north of the mission was the site of Lopez Station for the Butterfield Stage Lines; it served as a warehouse for the Porter Land and Water Company;...
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    later became the Southern Emigrant Trail and the route of the Butterfield Overland Mail. On January 7, 1844, Julian Manriquez acquired the land grant...
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    From the early 19th century Fort Smith was a main stop on the Butterfield Overland Mail route from Tipton, Missouri, to San Francisco. The area also had...
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    Tucson, Arizona (category Butterfield Overland Mail)
    on the San Antonio–San Diego Mail Line. In 1858, it became third division headquarters of the Butterfield Overland Mail and operated until the line was...
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    alcalde of the village. It served as a stagecoach station of the Butterfield Overland Mail and other stage lines in the late 19th century. Following the...
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    Mountain View, California (category Butterfield Overland Mail in California)
    replace the existing system. Service was to be available along the downtown corridor of Mountain View, primarily on Castro Street. Other areas to be covered...
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    Authority, state parks, and others, who help administer portions of the trail corridor. The estimated annual contribution of volunteer services for trail upkeep...
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    troops bound for Fort Smith, Arkansas, the Trail of Tears, the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach route, and later still the telegraph. Major east–west...
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    the Santa Clarita Valley was used as a transportation corridor for the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach service as part of its first division, stretching...
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    Conference Center. Old structures are also located along the former Butterfield Overland Mail route, a stagecoach route to San Francisco, California, now known...
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  • Horse Pass near Banff National Park. Highway 1 was preceded by several overland trails and wagon roads established in the mid-to-late 19th century, including...
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