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gptkbp:instanceOf
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stagecoach line
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Butterfield_Overland_Mail
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gptkbp:beganOperation
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1857
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gptkbp:ceased_operations
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gptkb:American_Civil_War
1861
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gptkbp:contractedBy
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gptkb:post_office
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gptkbp:designation
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National Historic Trail (proposed)
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gptkbp:foundedBy
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gptkb:John_Butterfield
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gptkbp:historicalMarker
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multiple states
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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helped connect East and West United States
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Butterfield Stage
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gptkbp:journeyTime
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about 25 days
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gptkbp:legacy
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subject of books and films
influenced western expansion
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gptkbp:mailContractAwarded
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1857
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gptkbp:mailContractDuration
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6 years
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gptkbp:mailContractTerminated
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1861
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gptkbp:mailContractValue
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$600,000 per year
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gptkbp:notableEmployee
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gptkb:John_Butterfield
Waterman L. Ormsby
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gptkbp:notableFor
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first transcontinental mail service by stagecoach
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gptkbp:notableStation
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gptkb:Los_Angeles,_California
gptkb:San_Antonio,_Texas
gptkb:El_Paso,_Texas
gptkb:Fort_Smith,_Arkansas
gptkb:Tucson,_Arizona
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gptkbp:operatedBy
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gptkb:Butterfield_Overland_Mail_Company
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gptkbp:operatesIn
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pre-Civil War era
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gptkbp:purpose
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mail delivery
passenger transport
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gptkbp:replacedBy
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gptkb:Pony_Express
gptkb:Central_Overland_Route
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gptkbp:roadType
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southern route
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gptkbp:route
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gptkb:Arizona
gptkb:Arkansas
gptkb:California
gptkb:Memphis,_Tennessee
gptkb:New_Mexico
gptkb:Oklahoma
gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri
gptkb:Texas
about 2,800 miles
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gptkbp:routeAvoided
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gptkb:Rocky_Mountains
northern snow
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gptkbp:routeEnd
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gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
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gptkbp:usedVehicles
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Concord stagecoaches
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Butterfield_Overland_Mail_Company
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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