butterfield, overland, mail, arkansas, missouri, created, united, states, congress, march, 1857, operated, until, march, 1861, route, that, operated, extended, from, francisco, california, angeles, then, across, colorado, desert, fort, yuma, then, across, mexi. The Butterfield Overland Mail in Arkansas and Missouri was created by the United States Congress on March 3 1857 and operated until March 30 1861 The route that was operated extended from San Francisco California to Los Angeles then across the Colorado Desert to Fort Yuma then across New Mexico Territory via Tucson and Mesilla New Mexico to Franklin Texas midpoint on the route The route then crossed Texas to the Red River and into Indian Territory to enter Arkansas at Fort Smith Fort Smith was terminal where the secondary route that crossed Arkansas and across the Mississippi River to Memphis Tennessee met the main route that led northeast to Tipton with the final leg by train via the Pacific Railroad to St Louis The Arkansas and Missouri mail route was one division the 8th under a superintendent Contents 1 Stations 1 1 8th Division 1 1 1 Fort Smith to Memphis Route 1 1 2 Main 8th Division Route 1 1 2 1 Arkansas Stations 1 1 2 2 Missouri Stations 2 See also 3 ReferencesStations edit 1 8th Division edit Fort SmithFort Smith to Memphis Route edit Charleston Arkansas Paris Arkansas Stinnett s Station Dardanelle Arkansas Norristown Russellville Arkansas Pottsville Inn Hurricane Station Lewisburg near present day Morrilton Arkansas Plumer s Station Plumerville Arkansas Cadron Station Atlanta present day Austin Arkansas Des Arc Madison Arkansas Memphis TennesseeMain 8th Division Route edit Arkansas Stations edit nbsp Butterfield Overland Mail Route near Greenland Washington County Arkansas in March 2011Fort Smith Van Buren Woolsey s Station also called Signal Hill Brodie s Station Lee Creek Park s Station Fayetteville Fitzgerald s Station near present day Springdale Arkansas Callahan s Station near present day Rogers Arkansas Missouri Stations edit Harbin s Station Crouch s Station Smith s Station Ashmore s Station Springfield Evan s Station Smith s Station Bolivar Yoast s Station Quincy Bailey s Station Warsaw Burn s Station Mulholland s Station Schackleford s Station Tipton Pacific Railroad St LouisSee also editButterfield Overland Mail in California Butterfield Overland Mail in Baja California Butterfield Overland Mail in New Mexico Territory Butterfield Overland Mail in Texas Butterfield Overland Mail in Indian TerritoryReferences edit List of Stations from New York Times October 14 1858 Itinerary of the Route nbsp This Arkansas related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Missouri related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This American Old West related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Butterfield Overland Mail in Arkansas and Missouri amp oldid 1113199751, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
