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The Butterfield Overland Mail in California was created by the United States Congress on March 3, 1857, and operated until June 30, 1861. Subsequently, other stage lines operated along the Butterfield Overland Mail in route in Alta California until the Southern Pacific Railroad arrived in Yuma, Arizona in 1877.
Butterfield Overland Mail (officially Overland Mail Company) [1] 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 , Missouri, to San Francisco , California.
The Butterfield Overland Mail route in Baja California was created as a result of an act by the United States Congress on March 3, 1857, and operated until June 30, 1861 as part of the Second Division of the route.
Butterfield Overland Mail in Baja California (7 P) Pages in category "Butterfield Overland Mail in California" The following 62 pages are in this category, out of 62 total.
California Historical Landmark Marker reads: NO. 539 POSEY STATION OF BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND MAIL LINES - Two and one-half miles east of this point stood the Posey Station on the Butterfield Overland Stage route that ran from St. Louis, Missouri through present-day Kern County to San Francisco during 1858-61, until the outbreak of the Civil War. [2]
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Kern River Slough Station was a stagecoach stop on the Butterfield Overland Mail 1st Division route from 1858 to 1861. [1] The Butterfield Overland Mail (1857-1861) site is now registered California Historical Landmark #588. [2] The site is 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Lamont. [1] The California Historical Landmark reads:
Palm Spring Station is a former Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach station located at Palm Spring in San Diego County, California. This station built in 1858 by division agent, Warren F. Hall is commemorated by California State Historical Marker Number 639 Palm Spring. [1]