Butterfield Overland Mail

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Butterfield Overland Mail was a 19th-century stagecoach service that carried mail and passengers across the United States on one of the earliest transcontinental routes before the advent of the transcontinental railroad.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf stagecoach mail service
transportation company
alsoKnownAs Butterfield Overland Mail
surface form: Butterfield Stage

Pony Express
surface form: Overland Mail Company
cargo express freight
mail
passengers
contractingAuthority Post Office Department
surface form: United States Post Office Department
country United States of America
surface form: United States
distance approximately 2,800 miles
endDate 1861
followedBy transcontinental railroad mail service
headquartersLocation New York City
historicalDesignation National Historic Trail
surface form: National Historic Trail (authorized route segments)
historicalPeriod pre–American Civil War era
impact facilitated communication between eastern and western United States before the transcontinental railroad
inception 1857
industry mail delivery
passenger transport
legislatedBy United States Congress
namedAfter John Butterfield
notableFeature followed a southern route to avoid Rocky Mountain snows
one of the earliest transcontinental mail routes in the United States
operator John Butterfield
partOf United States Postal Service
surface form: United States postal system
precededBy earlier regional stage and mail routes
reasonForEnd outbreak of the American Civil War
regionServed southwestern United States
surface form: American Southwest

Southern United States
routeDescription southern transcontinental stagecoach route across the United States
routeEnd San Francisco
surface form: San Francisco, California
routeStart Memphis, Tennessee, United States
surface form: Memphis, Tennessee

St. Louis, Missouri, United States
surface form: St. Louis, Missouri
serviceFrequency semi-weekly
significantEvent awarded U.S. mail contract in 1857
startDate 1858-09-16
successor Overland Stage route
surface form: Central Overland Route

Overland Mail Company routes via central corridor
transportationMode stagecoach
travelTime approximately 23 days between St. Louis and San Francisco
usedVehicle Concord stagecoach
via Arizona
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Indian Territory
New Mexico Territory
Southern California
Texas

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Knott's Berry Farm hasAttraction Butterfield Overland Mail
this entity surface form: Butterfield Stagecoach
Yuma Crossing partOfRoute Butterfield Overland Mail
this entity surface form: Butterfield Overland Mail route
John Butterfield notableWork Butterfield Overland Mail
John Butterfield founded Butterfield Overland Mail
this entity surface form: Butterfield Overland Mail Company
Butterfield Overland Mail alsoKnownAs Butterfield Overland Mail
this entity surface form: Butterfield Stage
Benjamin Holladay owned Butterfield Overland Mail
this entity surface form: Overland Stage Line