Butterfield Overland Mail Company

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:bus historical company
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Butterfield_Overland_Stage gptkb:Butterfield_Stage
gptkbp:category	defunct companies of the United States stagecoach lines mail delivery companies
gptkbp:ceased_operations	1861
gptkbp:closed	gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:contractedBy	gptkb:United_States_Post_Office_Department
gptkbp:foundedBy	gptkb:John_Butterfield
gptkbp:foundedYear	1857
gptkbp:headquartersLocation	gptkb:Utica,_New_York
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	helped connect the eastern and western United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Butterfield Overland Mail Company
gptkbp:mailDeliveryTime	about 25 days
gptkbp:notableFor	first transcontinental mail service in the United States
gptkbp:operatedBetweenYears	1857 1861
gptkbp:operatesIn	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:route	gptkb:Los_Angeles,_California gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri gptkb:El_Paso,_Texas gptkb:Tucson,_Arizona approximately 2,800 miles
gptkbp:routeEnd	gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
gptkbp:serviceType	passenger transportation stagecoach mail delivery
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Central_Overland_California_and_Pikes_Peak_Express_Company
gptkbp:usedVehicles	horses mules stagecoaches
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Butterfield_Overland_Mail_stage_route
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6