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historic Butterfield Overland Mail route
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/historic_Butterfield_Overland_Mail_route
GPTKB entity
Statements (35)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
historic site
gptkbp:addedTo
gptkb:National_Register_of_Historic_Places
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Butterfield_Stage_Route
gptkbp:ceased_operations
due to American Civil War
gptkbp:disbanded
1861
gptkbp:durationOfTrip
about 25 days
gptkbp:endPoint
gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
gptkbp:established
1857
gptkbp:historicalPeriod
gptkb:Antebellum_period
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
historic Butterfield Overland Mail route
gptkbp:length
approximately 2,800 miles
gptkbp:namedAfter
gptkb:John_Butterfield
gptkbp:notableStation
gptkb:Los_Angeles,_California
gptkb:San_Antonio,_Texas
gptkb:El_Paso,_Texas
gptkb:Fort_Smith,_Arkansas
gptkb:Tucson,_Arizona
gptkbp:operatedBy
gptkb:Butterfield_Overland_Mail_Company
gptkbp:purpose
mail and passenger service
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Overland_Mail_Company
gptkb:Pony_Express
gptkbp:replacedBy
gptkb:Central_Overland_Route
gptkbp:significance
first transcontinental mail service in the United States
gptkbp:startPoint
gptkb:Memphis,_Tennessee
gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri
gptkbp:transportation
stagecoach
gptkbp:traversedStates
gptkb:Arizona
gptkb:Arkansas
gptkb:California
gptkb:Missouri
gptkb:New_Mexico
gptkb:Oklahoma
gptkb:Texas
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Gila_Bend
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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