Butterfield Overland Mail in Arkansas and Missouri

The Butterfield Overland Mail in Arkansas and Missouri was created by the United States Congress on March 3, 1857, and 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 then crossed Texas to the Red River and into Indian Territory to enter Arkansas at Fort Smith. Fort Smith was terminal where the secondary route that crossed Arkansas and across the Mississippi River to Memphis, Tennessee, met the main route that led northeast to Tipton with the final leg by train via the Pacific Railroad to St. Louis. The Arkansas and Missouri mail route was one division, the 8th under a superintendent.

Stations

8th_Division

• Fort Smith

Fort Smith to Memphis Route

• Charleston, Arkansas
• Paris, Arkansas
• Stinnett's Station
• Dardanelle, Arkansas
• Norristown (Russellville, Arkansas)
• Pottsville Inn
• Hurricane Station
• Lewisburg (near present-day Morrilton, Arkansas)
• Plumer's Station (Plumerville, Arkansas)
• Cadron Station
• Atlanta (present-day Austin, Arkansas)
• Des Arc
• Madison, Arkansas
• Memphis, Tennessee

Main 8th_Division Route

Arkansas Stations

Butterfield Overland Mail Route near Greenland, Washington County, Arkansas, in March 2011

• Fort Smith
• Van Buren
• Woolsey's Station (also called Signal Hill)
• Brodie's Station (Lee Creek)
• Park's Station
• Fayetteville
• Fitzgerald's Station (near present-day Springdale, Arkansas)
• Callahan's Station (near present-day Rogers, Arkansas)

Missouri Stations

• Harbin's Station
• Crouch's Station
• Smith's Station
• Ashmore's Station
• Springfield
• Evan's Station
• Smith's Station
• Bolivar
• Yoast's Station
• Quincy
• Bailey's Station
• Warsaw
• Burn's Station
• Mulholland's Station
• Schackleford's Station
• Tipton
• Pacific Railroad
• St. Louis

See also

• Butterfield Overland Mail in California
  • Butterfield Overland Mail in Baja California
• Butterfield Overland Mail in New Mexico Territory
• Butterfield Overland Mail in Texas
• Butterfield Overland Mail in Indian Territory