Butterfield Overland Mail stage route

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Butterfield_Overland_Mail_stage_route
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historic_mail_route
gptkbp:crosses gptkb:Arizona
gptkb:Arkansas
gptkb:California
gptkb:New_Mexico
gptkb:Oklahoma
gptkb:Texas
gptkbp:designation gptkb:National_Historic_Trail_(2023)
gptkbp:endPoint gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first transcontinental mail service in the United States
gptkbp:length approximately 2,800 miles
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:John_Butterfield
gptkbp:notableStation gptkb:Los_Angeles,_California
gptkb:El_Paso,_Texas
gptkb:Fort_Smith,_Arkansas
gptkb:Tucson,_Arizona
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Butterfield_Overland_Mail_Company
gptkbp:operationalPeriod 1858-1861
gptkbp:purpose mail and passenger service
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Central_Overland_Route
gptkbp:startPoint gptkb:Memphis,_Tennessee
gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri
gptkbp:transportation gptkb:stagecoach
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Guadalupe_Mountains_National_Park
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Butterfield Overland Mail stage route