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Summary
Description Butterfield-Overland.gif |
English:
Foldout map of the
Southwestern United States
with territories and "Mail Route" of the
Overland Mail Company
contracted for $600,000 per year in 1857. Service began when the "first eastbound stagecoach departed San Francisco on September 15, 1858, and the westbound stagecoach left St. Louis a day later." The "DAILY LINE, from St.Louis to Springfield, Mo." was through
en:Tipton, Missouri
until the
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railway was extended in 1859 along the preceding stage route to "
The George Shackelford Relay and Meal Station"
in
en:Syracuse, Missouri
. The "southern route" through the 1854
Gadsden Purchase
region was abandoned in 1861 for the central route through the
Kansas
and
Utah Territories
(former Pony Express Route, not shown).
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Date |
circa 1858
date QS:P,+1858-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Author | author produced map prior to 1923 | |||||
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