Butterfield Stage Route
California State Historic Landmark 471
01/11/97
#471 Butterfield Overland Mail Route
This route, following an earlier emigrant trail, was laid out in the 1850s as part
of the Stockton-Los Angeles Road. It was used by the Butterfield Overland Mail stages between
St. Louis and San Francisco from 1858 to 1861. This was the first overland mail operated on a
regular schedule.
Nothing remains of this site
SW corner of Hermosa St (Ave 228) and State Hwy 65, 1 mi W of Lindsay.
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