Butterfield Overland Mail Route

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	historic mail route
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Butterfield_Stage_Route gptkb:Oxbow_Route
gptkbp:beganOperation	1858
gptkbp:ceased_operations	1861
gptkbp:designatedNationalHistoricTrail	2022
gptkbp:distance	approximately 2,800 miles
gptkbp:durationOfTrip	about 25 days
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	facilitated communication and settlement in the American West
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Butterfield Overland Mail Route
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:John_Butterfield
gptkbp:notableFor	first transcontinental mail service by stagecoach
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:Butterfield_Overland_Mail_Company
gptkbp:operatedUnderContract	gptkb:United_States_Post_Office_Department
gptkbp:purpose	mail and passenger service
gptkbp:replacedBy	gptkb:Central_Overland_Route
gptkbp:route	gptkb:Memphis,_Tennessee gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri
gptkbp:routeEnd	gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
gptkbp:visitedBy	gptkb:Arizona gptkb:Arkansas gptkb:California gptkb:Missouri gptkb:New_Mexico gptkb:Oklahoma gptkb:Texas
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Southern_Arizona gptkb:Historic_highways_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6