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| Keywords: Butterfield-Overland.gif 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 tbd railway was extended in 1859 along the preceding stage route to http //www waymarking com/waymarks/WM3A2F_Butterfield_Overland_Mail 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 ERRATA The serpentine line indicating an overland route between Fort Smith and Little Rock was via an Arkansas River SEMI-WEEKLY LINE of STEAMERS carrying mail freight and passengers Lake Tahoe not labeled is not depicted on the California/Utah territories' lines later the California/Nevada state lines Wasatch Mountains is depicted as a much larger part of the Great Basin Divide extending from the Utah Territory into the New Mexico T and ending in California's Mojave Desert Nicolette L with the inflow Nicolett Riv having the same shape as the Spanish Fork River into Utah Lake is shown near 114 degW rather than 111 deg W Sierra Madre NAMES Features without labels Sevier Lake/Sevier River Outdated names current name displays in popup Grand Riv Los Angelos Rio Colorado/San Joaquin/ Sacramento City Walker's L circa 1858 cartography 19th Century cartography ENGR<sup>D</sup> BY SCHÖNBERG CO 75 NASSAU ST N Y the Overland Mail Company's Principal Office in New York was at the American Express Building Hudson Jay and Staple Streets modern computerization 685 KB file timestamped 11/22/1985 8 56 AM by National Postal Museum from the c 1858-9 handbook printed by Hellier and Company Publishers for conducters agents drivers and station managers and in addition to the foldout map an Almanac for 1859 and a Through Time Schedule No 2 Jan 1859 blurry 102KB image previously uploaded 2010-06-16 to en wikipedia org by en User Zeamays from http //www postalmuseum si edu/museum/1d_Butterfield html legible 685 KB image National Postal Museum file 1990_0564_1-MAP-02 JPG author produced map prior to 1923 PD-old other versions Historical regions of the United States Butterfield Overland Mail Company Southwestern United States Transport maps of the United States | ||||
