Rocking Coach Adventures: Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Butterfield Overland Trail
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Rocking Coach Adventures: Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Butterfield Overland Trail
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Map of the stage route, photos, list of events and trail adventures accompany this article about the Butterfield Overland Trail. John Butterfield Sr. of the John Butterfield Company "was awarded the winning bid for six years," for an overland mail route to service the West. The route began in Tipton, Misssouri, and went through Fort Smith, Arkansas, across Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, southern California up to San Francisco. The first trip left September 16, 1858. "The Butterfield Trail was the longest stage ride in the world undertaken by one company."
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Creator: Moore, Mike
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2008-09
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True West
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This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests
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