Marker Inscription
The Butterfield Overland Stages connecting St. Louis and San Francisco with semi-weekly service, 1858-1861, traversed this county, with a station at Fort Belknap.
Historical Marker
Butterfield Overland Stages
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About this site
Butterfield Overland Stages is a historical marker in Newcastle, Young County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 43 historical markers documented in Young County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 49 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.1503, -98.7400 near Newcastle. The nearest cataloged historic site is Military Road (Ft. Belknap-Ft Worth) (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Colonel William C. Young, Fort Belknap, and Major Robert S. Neighbors.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5503000587. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
This marker records that the Butterfield Overland stages passed through Young County, with a station at Fort Belknap, during their run of semi-weekly service between St. Louis and San Francisco from 1858 to 1861. Fort Belknap, established in 1851 to guard the frontier, became the hub of a road network and a key stop on the transcontinental mail line before the Civil War ended the route. The 1936 marker stands at Fort Belknap park near Newcastle.
Sources: hmdb.orgtshaonline.org
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