Butterfield Overland Stage

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	stagecoach company
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Butterfield_Overland_Mail
gptkbp:awardedContract	1857
gptkbp:category	gptkb:American_Old_West Mail routes in the United States
gptkbp:ceased_operations	gptkb:American_Civil_War 1861
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail
gptkbp:contractedBy	gptkb:post_office
gptkbp:foundedBy	gptkb:John_Butterfield
gptkbp:headquartersLocation	gptkb:Utica,_New_York
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	first transcontinental mail service in the U.S.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Butterfield Overland Stage
gptkbp:legacy	contributed to settlement of the American West influenced western expansion
gptkbp:mailContractValue	$600,000 per year
gptkbp:notableEmployee	gptkb:William_G._Fargo gptkb:John_Butterfield Alexander Holland
gptkbp:operatesIn	gptkb:United_States 1857 1861
gptkbp:purpose	mail delivery passenger transport
gptkbp:replacedBy	gptkb:Pony_Express gptkb:Central_Overland_Route
gptkbp:route	gptkb:Arkansas gptkb:California gptkb:Memphis,_Tennessee gptkb:New_Mexico_Territory gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri gptkb:Texas gptkb:Arizona_Territory about 25 days about 2,800 miles
gptkbp:routeAvoided	gptkb:Rocky_Mountains
gptkbp:routeEnd	gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
gptkbp:routeKnownAs	gptkb:Oxbow_Route
gptkbp:routeStations	about 140
gptkbp:usedVehicles	stagecoaches
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Butterfield_Overland_Mail_Company
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7