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.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Butterfield Overland Mail canonical | 2 |
| Butterfield Overland Mail Company | 1 |
| Butterfield Overland Mail route | 1 |
| Butterfield Stage | 1 |
| Butterfield Stagecoach | 1 |
| Overland Stage Line | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3035034 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Butterfield Overland Mail Context triple: [Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company, competedWith, Butterfield Overland Mail]
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A.
Pony Express
The Pony Express was a short-lived but legendary 19th-century American mail service that used relays of horseback riders to rapidly carry messages across the western United States.
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B.
Mormon Trail
The Mormon Trail was a 19th-century overland route used by Latter-day Saint pioneers migrating west from the Midwest to the Salt Lake Valley in present-day Utah.
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C.
San Francisco Overland Limited
The San Francisco Overland Limited was a prominent early 20th-century transcontinental passenger train that connected Chicago and San Francisco, operated by the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads.
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D.
California Zephyr
The California Zephyr is a long-distance passenger train route in the United States that runs through the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada, often regarded as one of the most scenic rail journeys in North America.
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E.
Butterfield
Butterfield is an English-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across politics, sports, and the arts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Butterfield Overland Mail Target entity description: 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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A.
Pony Express
The Pony Express was a short-lived but legendary 19th-century American mail service that used relays of horseback riders to rapidly carry messages across the western United States.
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B.
Mormon Trail
The Mormon Trail was a 19th-century overland route used by Latter-day Saint pioneers migrating west from the Midwest to the Salt Lake Valley in present-day Utah.
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C.
San Francisco Overland Limited
The San Francisco Overland Limited was a prominent early 20th-century transcontinental passenger train that connected Chicago and San Francisco, operated by the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads.
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D.
California Zephyr
The California Zephyr is a long-distance passenger train route in the United States that runs through the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada, often regarded as one of the most scenic rail journeys in North America.
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E.
Butterfield
Butterfield is an English-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across politics, sports, and the arts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| 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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Subject: Butterfield Overland Mail Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (7)
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