File:Butterfield-Overland.gif

Summary

Foldout map of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwestern_United_States" class="extiw" title="en:Southwestern United States">Southwestern United States</a> with territories and "Mail Route" of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfield_Overland_Mail" class="extiw" title="en:Butterfield Overland Mail">Overland Mail Company</a> 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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipton,_Missouri" class="extiw" title="en:Tipton, Missouri">en:Tipton, Missouri</a> until the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tbd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tbd (page does not exist)">tbd</a> railway was extended in 1859 along the preceding stage route to "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM3A2F_Butterfield_Overland_Mail">The George Shackelford Relay and Meal Station"</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse,_Missouri" class="extiw" title="en:Syracuse, Missouri">en:Syracuse, Missouri</a>. The "southern route" through the 1854 <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gadsden_Purchase&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gadsden Purchase (page does not exist)">Gadsden Purchase</a> region was abandoned in 1861 for the central route through the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_Territory" class="extiw" title="en:Kansas Territory">Kansas</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Territory" class="extiw" title="en:Utah Territory">Utah Territories</a> (former Pony Express Route, not shown).

ERRATA

• The serpentine line indicating an overland route between Fort Smith and Little Rock was via an <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_River" title="Arkansas River">Arkansas River</a> "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 <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spanish_Fork_River&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Spanish Fork River (page does not exist)">Spanish Fork River</a> (into <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Utah_Lake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Utah Lake (page does not exist)">Utah Lake</a>) is shown near 114 degW rather than 111 deg W
• "Sierra Madre

NAMES

• Features without labels: <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sevier_Lake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sevier Lake (page does not exist)">Sevier Lake</a>/<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sevier_River&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sevier River (page does not exist)">Sevier River</a>,
• Outdated names (current name displays in popup): <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Upper_Colorado_River&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Upper Colorado River (page does not exist)">Grand Riv.</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angelos</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River" title="Colorado River">Rio Colorado</a>/<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=San_Joaquin_River&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="San Joaquin River (page does not exist)">San Joaquin</a>/, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sacramento" title="Sacramento">Sacramento City</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Walker_Lake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Walker Lake (page does not exist)">Walker's L.</a>

Licensing

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