Butterfield Overland Mail was a stagecoach service in the United States operating from 1858 to 1861. It carried passengers and U.S. Mail from two eastern termini, Memphis, Tennessee, and St. Louis, Mi
"The Overland Mail Coach," illustration from Arizona, As It Is (1877)
Butterfield and signature
Butterfield's stage (celerity) wagon partly designed by John Butterfield. Sixty-six were employed from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Los Angeles, California.
Pinery Station in Guadalupe Mountains National Park
The Butterfield Overland Mail in Arkansas and Missouri was created by the United States Congress on March 3, 1857, and operated until March 30, 1861. The route that was operated extended from San Fran
Butterfield Overland Mail Route near Greenland, Washington County, Arkansas, in March 2011