Butterfield Overland Mail in Texas
http://dbpedia.org/resource/Butterfield_Overland_Mail_in_Texas an entity of type: Thing
In Texas, the Butterfield Overland Mail service created by Congress on March 3, 1857, was 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 through Texas followed first the northern route to the Pecos River and downstream to Horse Head Crossing. The route in West Texas was changed in 1859, in order to secure a better water supply on the route and to provide mail service to a more settled area, the stages between Franklin, Redmond, Washington and the Pecos River followed the San Antonio-El Paso Road to Camp Stockton and then turned east to Horsehead Crossing. Fr
rdf:langString
rdf:langString
Butterfield Overland Mail in Texas
rdf:langString
Butterfield Overland Mail
rdf:langString
Butterfield Overland Mail
xsd:float
31.89333343505859
xsd:float
-104.8158340454102
xsd:integer
30088099
xsd:integer
1122111011
rdf:langString
Pinery Station in Guadalupe Mountains National Park
rdf:langString
NRHP
xsd:date
2014-08-27
rdf:langString
Location
xsd:integer
400
rdf:langString
Area
xsd:integer
14000524
rdf:langString
Butterfield Overland Mail Corridor
rdf:langString
New Mexico Territory near Anthony - Indian Territory near Sherman
rdf:langString
Texas#USA
rdf:langString
Location of Butterfield Overland Mail Corridor
rdf:langString
yes
rdf:langString
historic trail
xsd:string
31.893333333333334 -104.81583333333333
rdf:langString
In Texas, the Butterfield Overland Mail service created by Congress on March 3, 1857, was 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 through Texas followed first the northern route to the Pecos River and downstream to Horse Head Crossing. The route in West Texas was changed in 1859, in order to secure a better water supply on the route and to provide mail service to a more settled area, the stages between Franklin, Redmond, Washington and the Pecos River followed the San Antonio-El Paso Road to Camp Stockton and then turned east to Horsehead Crossing. From Horsehead Crossing the route crossed Texas to the Red River and into Indian Territory. In 1860 the route was changed to another route from Jacksboro to Sherman via Decatur due to the building of a new toll bridge at Bridgeport, that avoided delays crossing the West Fork of the Trinity River when it was flooded. From Colberts Ferry the route went on to Fort Smith, then up across Arkansas and southwest Missouri to Tipton with the final leg by train to St. Louis. The Texas mail route was so long that the route there, like that in California, was divided into two divisions each under a superintendent.
xsd:nonNegativeInteger
21978
<Geometry>
POINT(-104.81583404541 31.893333435059)