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Butterfield Overland Trail Stage Stations

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The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service on May 30. It is reproduced in full below.

Divisions and Stations of the Route

East to West

Ninth Division - St. Louis, Mo., to Tipton

Eighth Division - Tipton to Fort Smith, Ark., and Memphis, Tenn., to Fort Smith

Seventh Division - Fort Smith to Colbert's Ferry, Okla.

Sixth Division - Colbert's Ferry to Fort Chadbourne, Texas

Fifth Division - Fort Chadbourne to Franklin (El Paso), Texas

Fourth Division - Franklin (El Paso) to Tucson, Ariz.

Third Division - Tucson to Fort Yuma, Calif.

Second Division - Fort Yuma to Los Angeles, Calif.

First Division - Los Angeles to San Fransisco, Calif.

Missouri Stations

From St. Louis to Tipton, the mail was carried by the Pacific Railroad.

* Tipton

* Schackleford's Station

* Mulholland's Station

* Burn's Station

* Warsaw

* Bailey's Station

* Quincy

* Yoast's Station

* Bolivar

* Smith's Station

* Evan's Station

* Springfield

* Ashmore's Station

* Smith's Station

* Crouch's Station

* Harbin's Station

Arkansas Stations

Northwestern Route

* Callahan's Station (near present-day Rogers)

* Fitzgerald's Station (near present-day Springdale)

* Fayetteville

* Park's Station

* Brodie's Station (Lee Creek)

* Woolsey's Station (also called Signal Hill)

* Van Buren

* Fort Smith

* Memphis Route

* Memphis, Tenn.

* Madison, Ark.

* Des Arc

* Atlanta (present-day Austin)

* Cadron

* Plumer's Station (Plummerville)

* Lewisburg (near present-day Morrilton)

* Hurricane

* Pottsville Inn

* Norristown (Russellville)

* Dardanelle

* Stinnett's Station

* Paris

* Charleston

* Fort Smith

Oklahoma Stations

* Watson's Station (Skullyville)

* Trahern's Station

* Holloway's Station (Brazil Station)

* Riddle's Station

* Pusley's Station

* Blackburn's Station

* Waddell's Station

* Geary's Station

* Boggy Depot

* Blue River Station

* Fisher's Station

* Colbert's Ferry

Texas Stations

* Preston's Station

* Sherman

* Diamond's Station

* Gainesville

* Davidson's Station

* Connolly's Station

* Earheart's Station

* Jacksboro

* Murphy's Station

* Fort Belknap

* Franz's Station

* Clear Fork Station

* Smith's Station

* Fort Phantom Hill Station

* Mountain Pass Station (Abercrombie Pass)

* Valley Creek Station

* Fort Chadbourne

* Colorado River Station

* Grape Creek Station

* Camp Johnston

* Head of Concho Station

* Llano Estacado

* Mustang Waterholes

* Initial Northern Route

* Horsehead Crossing Station

* Immigrant Crossing Station

* Pope's Crossing

* Delaware Springs Station

* Pinery

* Guadalupe Pass Station

* Crow Spring Station

* Cornudas de los Alamos

* Ojos de los Alamos

* Hueco Tanks Station

* Franklin (El Paso)

* Later Southern Route

* Horsehead Crossing Station

* Fort Stockton (Comanche Spring)

* Hackberry Hole Station

* Barrilla Spring Station

* Limpia

* Fort Davis

* Barrel Spring Station

* Deadman's Hole

* Van Horn's Wells

* Eagle Spring

* Fort Quitman

* Birchville Station

* San Elizario

* Socorro

* Ysleta

* Franklin (El Paso)

New Mexico Stations

* Frontera (Cottonwoods Station)

* Fort Fillmore

* Mesilla

* Picacho Station

* Rough and Ready Station

* Goodsight Peak Station

* Fort Cummings

* Cooke's Spring

* Murphy's Station

* Cow Spring Station

* Soldier's Farewell

* Station near Deming

* Station near Lordsburg

* Stein's Pass Station

Arizona Stations

* Fort Bowie

* Apache Pass Station

* Dragoon Spring Station

* Cienaga Station

* Willcox's Station

* Tucson

* Pointer Mountain Station

* Picacho Pass Station

* Pima Village

* Maricopa Wells

* Gila Ranch

* Murderer's Grave Station

* Oatman Flat

* Flapjack Ranch

* Griswell's Station

* Peterman's Station

* Filibuster Camp

* Swiveller's Ranch

* Arizona City

* Texas Hill Station

California Stations

* Fort Yuma

* Pilot Knob Station

* Mountain Springs Station

* Cooke's Wells Station (present-day Mexico)

* Gardener's Wells Station (present-day Mexico)

* Alamo Mocho Station (present-day Mexico)

* Monument Station

* Indian Wells Station

* Sackett's Wells

* Carrizo Creek Station

* Palm Spring

* Vallecito Station

* Box Canyon

* Blair Valley

* San Felipe

* Warner's Ranch

* Oak Grove Station

* Aguanga Station

* Temecula Station

* Laguna Grande

* Murrieta

* Temescal Station

* Corona

* Chino Ranch

* San Jose Station (Pomona)

* El Monte Station

* Los Angeles

* Cahuenga Station

* Los Encinos

* Mission San Fernando

* Hart's Station

* King's Station

* Widow Smith's Station

* French John's Station

* Reed's Station

* Fort Tejon

* Sinks of Tejon (Alamo Station)

* Kern River Slough

* Kern River Crossing (Gordon's Ferry)

* Poso Creek Station (Posey Station)

* Mountain House Station

* Fountain Spring Station

* Tule River Station

* Lindsay

* Packwood's Station

* Visalia Station

* Cross Creek Station

* King's River Station

* Elk Horn Spring Station

* Hawthorne's Station

* Fresno City

* Firebaugh Ferry

* Temple's Station

* Lone Willow Station

* San Luis Ranch

* Pacheco Pass Station

* Soap Lake (present-day San Felipe)

* Gilroy

* Seventeen Mile House

* Hernández House

* San Jose

* Mountain View

* Redwood City

* San Mateo

* Clark's Station

* Oak Grove Station

* San Francisco

Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service

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