Butterfield Overland Mail route
GPTKB entity
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
historic mail route
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| gptkbp:addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces |
2010
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| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_States
|
| gptkbp:endDate |
1861
|
| gptkbp:endPoint |
gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
|
| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
aided westward expansion
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Butterfield Overland Mail route
|
| gptkbp:length |
about 2,800 miles
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| gptkbp:namedAfter |
gptkb:John_Butterfield
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| gptkbp:notableFor |
first transcontinental mail service in the U.S.
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| gptkbp:operatedBy |
gptkb:Butterfield_Overland_Mail_Company
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| gptkbp:passesThrough |
gptkb:Arkansas
gptkb:California gptkb:New_Mexico_Territory gptkb:Texas gptkb:Arizona_Territory |
| gptkbp:purpose |
mail delivery
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| gptkbp:replacedBy |
gptkb:Central_Overland_Route
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| gptkbp:startDate |
1858
|
| gptkbp:startPoint |
gptkb:Memphis,_Tennessee
gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri |
| gptkbp:transportation |
stagecoach
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Gila_River
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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