Butterfield Overland Mail

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Butterfield_Overland_Mail

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	stagecoach service
gptkbp:contractedBy	gptkb:United_States_Post_Office_Department
gptkbp:duration	about 25 days
gptkbp:endDate	1861
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:John_Butterfield
gptkbp:frequency	twice weekly
gptkbp:headquartersLocation	gptkb:Utica,_New_York
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	helped connect East and West United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Butterfield Overland Mail
gptkbp:legacy	influenced later mail and passenger routes
gptkbp:length	about 2,800 miles
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:Oxbow_Route
gptkbp:notableFor	first transcontinental mail service
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:Butterfield_Overland_Mail_Company
gptkbp:operatesIn	gptkb:United_States pre-Civil War era
gptkbp:publicTransit	stagecoach
gptkbp:purpose	mail delivery passenger transport
gptkbp:recognizedBy	National Historic Trail designation (2022)
gptkbp:replacedBy	gptkb:Central_Overland_Route
gptkbp:route	gptkb:Arkansas gptkb:California gptkb:Memphis,_Tennessee gptkb:Missouri gptkb:New_Mexico_Territory gptkb:Oklahoma gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri gptkb:Tennessee gptkb:Texas gptkb:Arizona_Territory
gptkbp:routeEnd	gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
gptkbp:startDate	1857
gptkbp:stopsAt	gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:usedBy	gptkb:military businessman government position settlers mail carriers
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:John_Butterfield
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6