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Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage, Fort Smith [View 3] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage, Fort Smith [View 3] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Negative of a a ceremony unveiling a marker "Commemorating the arrival of first Butterfield Overland Mail Coach, St. Louis to San Francisco, arrived in Fort Smith at John Rogers City Hotel North 2nd and "A" Streets 2:00 A.M. September 19, 1858. Erected by the Old Fort Museum Board. Dedicated by Centennial Committee September 19, 1958."

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 cm. (2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48258603 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [D.A.R./D.A.C Marker, view 2] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [D.A.R./D.A.C Marker, view 2] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. [1958]

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 28, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. People celebrated the Overland Mail Centennial caravan, which commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail. Pictured is a marker that reads, "This tablet marks a part of the Butterfield Stage Route from St. Louis to San Francisco 1857-1860. Erected by the Marion Chapter, D.A.R. and Major Bryan Pendleton Chapter D.A.C."

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm. (2 x 2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52966461 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 3] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 3] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 19, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Big Crowds Delay Butterfield Stage," B1:2, September 23, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Mail 'Coach' Works Hard to Keep Up," B1:3, and September 29, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. The Overland Mail Centennial caravan commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail. John D. Frizzell of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, owns the Butterfield coach and allows the caravan to use it in its retracing of Butterfield's route. The Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office went into action in February of 1941. It actually houses the mail that is picked up along the route, which will be delivered to San Francisco. Various people in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, pose with the Butterfield Stage and the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office. Postmaster, Wade Bishop of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas hands a stack of souvenir mail to William D. Corell of the Post Office Department at Washington, who is standing in the door of the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office during its trip across Arkansas (0211.10). Lloyd Luginbuel (left) of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas welcomes Ben Dixon of San Diego, California, during a Caravan coffee stop (0211.16). Dixon was one of the original history enthusiasts who urged the federal government to give official notice to the Butterfield Centennial.

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 cm. (2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48258581 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [Neal and Brown] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [Neal and Brown] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 28, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. People celebrating the Overland Mail Centennial caravan, which commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail. Postmaster Leslie C. Neal (right) of Cedarville, Crawford County, Arkansas, has his beard checked by the caravan chaplain, Reverend V.H. Brown of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm. (2 x 2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51556751 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [Parade, view 1] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [Parade, view 1] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 28, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. People celebrating the Overland Mail Centennial caravan, which commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail.

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm. (2 x 2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51556744 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [The Butterfield Overland Mail in Arkansas Marker, view 1] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [The Butterfield Overland Mail in Arkansas Marker, view 1] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. [1958]

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 28, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. People celebrated the Overland Mail Centennial caravan, which commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail. Pictured is a marker that reads, "The Butterfield Overland Mail in Arkansas. To commemorate the Centennial passage, through Benton County, of the first Westbound stage coach on the Butterfield Overland Mail Route from St. Louis to San Francisco. Callahan's Tavern, the site of which is about a half mile northeast of this spot, was the first relay station where teams were changed after entering Arkansas from Missouri. The stage arrived here about 7 o'clock on the morning of September 18, 1858. Erected by the Benton County Historical Society."

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm. (2 x 2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52966457 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [Stagecoach, view 2] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [Stagecoach, view 2] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 28, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. People celebrating the Overland Mail Centennial caravan, which commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail. Postmaster Leslie C. Neal (right) of Cedarville, Crawford County, Arkansas, has his beard checked by the caravan chaplain, Reverend V.H. Brown of Tulsa, Oklahoma (1957.4). Sallie Spinks, postmaster of Evansville, Washington County, Arkansas, hands mail to William D. Correl, postmaster of Highway Postmaster Number 1 (1957.5). Mrs. Donald Parks of Prairie Grove fires an anvil in old-time fashion during caravan's stop at Prairie Grove Battlefield in Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas (1957.7).

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm. (2 x 2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51556759 View

Overland Mail Company. Overland Mail Company waybill, 1860 Dec. 17.

Title: Overland Mail Company waybill, 1860 Dec. 17.

Waybill for route from Smithson to Van Buren, Ark.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/608477919 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 6] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 6] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 19, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Big Crowds Delay Butterfield Stage," B1:2, September 23, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Mail 'Coach' Works Hard to Keep Up," B1:3, and September 29, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. The Overland Mail Centennial caravan commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail. John D. Frizzell of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, owns the Butterfield coach and allows the caravan to use it in its retracing of Butterfield's route. The Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office went into action in February of 1941. It actually houses the mail that is picked up along the route, which will be delivered to San Francisco. Various people in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, pose with the Butterfield Stage and the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office. Postmaster, Wade Bishop of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas hands a stack of souvenir mail to William D. Corell of the Post Office Department at Washington, who is standing in the door of the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office during its trip across Arkansas (0211.10). Lloyd Luginbuel (left) of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas welcomes Ben Dixon of San Diego, California, during a Caravan coffee stop (0211.16). Dixon was one of the original history enthusiasts who urged the federal government to give official notice to the Butterfield Centennial.

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 cm. (2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48258587 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage, Fort Smith [View 5] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage, Fort Smith [View 5] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Negative of a a ceremony unveiling a marker "Commemorating the arrival of first Butterfield Overland Mail Coach, St. Louis to San Francisco, arrived in Fort Smith at John Rogers City Hotel North 2nd and "A" Streets 2:00 A.M. September 19, 1858. Erected by the Old Fort Museum Board. Dedicated by Centennial Committee September 19, 1958."

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 cm. (2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48258605 View

Hughes, Bela M., 1817-. Biography from Bela M. Hughes : Denver, 1885.

Title: Biography from Bela M. Hughes : Denver, 1885.

Experiences in Denver since election as president of the Overland Mail Company, 1861, including his later law practice; Democratic nominee for governor, 1876.

ArchivalResource: Originals : 2 leaves ; 27 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (3 exposures) : negative (Rich. 116:1) and positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26080425 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [Unidentified woman] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [Unidentified woman] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 28, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. People celebrating the Overland Mail Centennial caravan, which commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail. Unidentified woman in costume reads paper in front of office that is the "Arkansas Oldest Weekly Newspaper, established 1859."

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm. (2 x 2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51556740 View

Deane, Ernie. Autos, Model T Ford, Ft. Smith, parade for Butterfield Stage Centennial, September 19, 1958 [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Autos, Model T Ford, Ft. Smith, parade for Butterfield Stage Centennial, September 19, 1958 [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Negative of a Ford Motel T in a parade that celebrated the Overland Mail Centennial caravan passing through Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, in September of 1958. The Overland Mail Centennial caravan commemorates John Butterfield (1801-1869) and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s.

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm. (2 x 2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51039130 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 10] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 10] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 19, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Big Crowds Delay Butterfield Stage," B1:2, September 23, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Mail 'Coach' Works Hard to Keep Up," B1:3, and September 29, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. The Overland Mail Centennial caravan commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail. John D. Frizzell of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, owns the Butterfield coach and allows the caravan to use it in its retracing of Butterfield's route. The Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office went into action in February of 1941. It actually houses the mail that is picked up along the route, which will be delivered to San Francisco. Various people in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, pose with the Butterfield Stage and the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office. Postmaster, Wade Bishop of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas hands a stack of souvenir mail to William D. Corell of the Post Office Department at Washington, who is standing in the door of the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office during its trip across Arkansas (0211.10). Lloyd Luginbuel (left) of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas welcomes Ben Dixon of San Diego, California, during a Caravan coffee stop (0211.16). Dixon was one of the original history enthusiasts who urged the federal government to give official notice to the Butterfield Centennial.

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 cm. (2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48258592 View

Overland Mail Company. Records of the Overland Mail Company, 1850-1898 (bulk 1850-1887).

Title: Records of the Overland Mail Company, 1850-1898 (bulk 1850-1887).

The collection contains personal correspondence, business papers, 2 photographs, and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings (1865-66) related to the development of overland mail service in the United States West. This collection is composed of two groups of manuscripts: (1) The papers of Hiram S. Rumfield (75 pieces), asst. treasurer of the Overland Mail Company at Salt Lake City, UT, which contain documents related to Rumfield family matters, the business affairs of the Overland Mail Company, and Indians in Utah Territory; (2) The papers of L.P. Williamson (90 pieces), superintendent of the North Western Overland Mail Company and president of the Western Mail and Stage Company, which include reports from stage drivers concerning road conditions.

ArchivalResource: 166 pieces.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122560098 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [The Butterfield Stage Route Marker, view 1] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [The Butterfield Stage Route Marker, view 1] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. [1958]

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 28, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. People celebrated the Overland Mail Centennial caravan, which commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail. Pictured is a marker that reads, "The Butterfield Stage Route. The Butterfield Stage Route between Saint Louis and San Francisco passed through the Main Street of Van Buren, Arkansas and crossed the river at this point. Erected by Mary Fuller Percival Chapter D.A.R."

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm. (2 x 2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52966465 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [D.A.R./D.A.C Marker, view 1] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [D.A.R./D.A.C Marker, view 1] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. [1958]

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 28, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. People celebrated the Overland Mail Centennial caravan, which commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail. Pictured is a marker that reads, "This tablet marks a part of the Butterfield Stage Route from St. Louis to San Francisco 1857-1860. Erected by the Marion Chapter, D.A.R. and Major Bryan Pendleton Chapter D.A.C."

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm. (2 x 2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52966458 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [Stagecoach, view 1] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [Stagecoach, view 1] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 28, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. People celebrating the Overland Mail Centennial caravan, which commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail.

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm. (2 x 2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51556748 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 1] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 1] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 19, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Big Crowds Delay Butterfield Stage," B1:2, September 23, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Mail 'Coach' Works Hard to Keep Up," B1:3, and September 29, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. The Overland Mail Centennial caravan commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail. John D. Frizzell of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, owns the Butterfield coach and allows the caravan to use it in its retracing of Butterfield's route. The Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office went into action in February of 1941. It actually houses the mail that is picked up along the route, which will be delivered to San Francisco. Various people in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, pose with the Butterfield Stage and the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office. Postmaster, Wade Bishop of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas hands a stack of souvenir mail to William D. Corell of the Post Office Department at Washington, who is standing in the door of the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office during its trip across Arkansas (0211.10). Lloyd Luginbuel (left) of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas welcomes Ben Dixon of San Diego, California, during a Caravan coffee stop (0211.16). Dixon was one of the original history enthusiasts who urged the federal government to give official notice to the Butterfield Centennial.

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 cm. (2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48258579 View

Deane, Ernie. Markers and Monuments, Historical Marker Butterfield Stage, Fort Smith [View 2] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Markers and Monuments, Historical Marker Butterfield Stage, Fort Smith [View 2] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Negative taken for September 19, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Big Crowds Delay Butterfield Stage," B1:2. The Overland mail Centennial provided a historical marker. It commemorates the first mail coach running Saint Louis, Missouri to San Francisco, California with a stop in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas. The marker was dedicated by the Old Fort Museum Board of Fort Smith. The marker reads, "Commemorating the arrival of first Butterfield Overland Mail Coach, St. Louis to San Francisco, arrived in Fort Smith at John Rogers City Hotel North 2nd and 'A' Streets 2:00 A.M. September 19, 1858. Erected by the Old Fort Museum Board. Dedicated by Centennial Committee September 19, 1958."

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm. (2 x 2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52034869 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage, Fort Smith [View 1] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage, Fort Smith [View 1] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Negative of a a ceremony unveiling a marker "Commemorating the arrival of first Butterfield Overland Mail Coach, St. Louis to San Francisco, arrived in Fort Smith at John Rogers City Hotel North 2nd and "A" Streets 2:00 A.M. September 19, 1858. Erected by the Old Fort Museum Board. Dedicated by Centennial Committee September 19, 1958."

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 cm. (2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48258601 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 12] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 12] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 19, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Big Crowds Delay Butterfield Stage," B1:2, September 23, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Mail 'Coach' Works Hard to Keep Up," B1:3, and September 29, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. The Overland Mail Centennial caravan commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail. John D. Frizzell of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, owns the Butterfield coach and allows the caravan to use it in its retracing of Butterfield's route. The Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office went into action in February of 1941. It actually houses the mail that is picked up along the route, which will be delivered to San Francisco. Various people in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, pose with the Butterfield Stage and the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office. Postmaster, Wade Bishop of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas hands a stack of souvenir mail to William D. Corell of the Post Office Department at Washington, who is standing in the door of the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office during its trip across Arkansas (0211.10). Lloyd Luginbuel (left) of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas welcomes Ben Dixon of San Diego, California, during a Caravan coffee stop (0211.16). Dixon was one of the original history enthusiasts who urged the federal government to give official notice to the Butterfield Centennial.

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 cm. (2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48258594 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 9] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 9] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 19, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Big Crowds Delay Butterfield Stage," B1:2, September 23, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Mail 'Coach' Works Hard to Keep Up," B1:3, and September 29, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. The Overland Mail Centennial caravan commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail. John D. Frizzell of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, owns the Butterfield coach and allows the caravan to use it in its retracing of Butterfield's route. The Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office went into action in February of 1941. It actually houses the mail that is picked up along the route, which will be delivered to San Francisco. Various people in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, pose with the Butterfield Stage and the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office. Postmaster, Wade Bishop of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas hands a stack of souvenir mail to William D. Corell of the Post Office Department at Washington, who is standing in the door of the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office during its trip across Arkansas (0211.10). Lloyd Luginbuel (left) of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas welcomes Ben Dixon of San Diego, California, during a Caravan coffee stop (0211.16). Dixon was one of the original history enthusiasts who urged the federal government to give official notice to the Butterfield Centennial.

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 cm. (2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48258591 View

Welton, E. W. Map of the California State Telegraph, and Overland Mail road : Austin to Great Salt Lake City : from actual survey, Aug., 1866 / drawn by E.W. Welton.

Title: Map of the California State Telegraph, and Overland Mail road : Austin to Great Salt Lake City : from actual survey, Aug., 1866 / drawn by E.W. Welton. 1866.

ArchivalResource: 1 ms. map ; 334 x 864 mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45244160 View

Overland Mail Company. [Receipt to H.J. Rumfield]

Title: [Receipt to H.J. Rumfield] Dec. 14, 1863.

ArchivalResource: [1] ℓ. 10 x 18 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41546778 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 7] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 7] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 19, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Big Crowds Delay Butterfield Stage," B1:2, September 23, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Mail 'Coach' Works Hard to Keep Up," B1:3, and September 29, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. The Overland Mail Centennial caravan commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail. John D. Frizzell of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, owns the Butterfield coach and allows the caravan to use it in its retracing of Butterfield's route. The Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office went into action in February of 1941. It actually houses the mail that is picked up along the route, which will be delivered to San Francisco. Various people in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, pose with the Butterfield Stage and the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office. Postmaster, Wade Bishop of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas hands a stack of souvenir mail to William D. Corell of the Post Office Department at Washington, who is standing in the door of the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office during its trip across Arkansas (0211.10). Lloyd Luginbuel (left) of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas welcomes Ben Dixon of San Diego, California, during a Caravan coffee stop (0211.16). Dixon was one of the original history enthusiasts who urged the federal government to give official notice to the Butterfield Centennial.

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 cm. (2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48258588 View

Crampton, John F. Crampton reminiscences, ca. 1938-1938.

Title: Crampton reminiscences, ca. 1938-1938.

Summary: Letters, written to the Arizona Historical Society, between October and November, 1938, reminiscing about the names and owners of the stage stations in southern Arizona, events that occurred related to the stations, and distances between them. Also present is a three-page manuscript by Crampton about a cattle round-up in the Apache Mountains of Gila County, 1894, and the death of a cowboy by heart attack.

ArchivalResource: .25 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/613614641 View

St. John, Silas, 1835-1919. Silas St. John reminiscences, ca. 1857-1915.

Title: Silas St. John reminiscences, ca. 1857-1915.

Summary: Includes two letters to Dr. Robert Forbes, Nov. 1915, answering questions and a letter to the Arizona Historical Society, July 1898, about a donation, as well as a typed copy of a manuscript titled "The Establishment of the Trans-Continental Mail Service," about locating the line, building the stations, the people involved, and problems encountered. Also present are news articles related to St. John.

ArchivalResource: .25 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612958637 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [Spinks and Correl] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [Spinks and Correl] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 28, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. People celebrating the Overland Mail Centennial caravan, which commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail. Sallie Spinks, postmaster of Evansville, Washington County, Arkansas, hands mail to William D. Correl, postmaster of Highway Postmaster Number 1.

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm. (2 x 2 in.)

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Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 15] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 15] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 19, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Big Crowds Delay Butterfield Stage," B1:2, September 23, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Mail 'Coach' Works Hard to Keep Up," B1:3, and September 29, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. The Overland Mail Centennial caravan commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail. John D. Frizzell of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, owns the Butterfield coach and allows the caravan to use it in its retracing of Butterfield's route. The Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office went into action in February of 1941. It actually houses the mail that is picked up along the route, which will be delivered to San Francisco. Various people in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, pose with the Butterfield Stage and the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office. Postmaster, Wade Bishop of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas hands a stack of souvenir mail to William D. Corell of the Post Office Department at Washington, who is standing in the door of the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office during its trip across Arkansas (0211.10). Lloyd Luginbuel (left) of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas welcomes Ben Dixon of San Diego, California, during a Caravan coffee stop (0211.16). Dixon was one of the original history enthusiasts who urged the federal government to give official notice to the Butterfield Centennial.

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 cm. (2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48258600 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [The Butterfield Stage Route Marker, view 2] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [The Butterfield Stage Route Marker, view 2] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. [1958]

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 28, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. People celebrated the Overland Mail Centennial caravan, which commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail. Pictured is a marker that reads, "The Butterfield Stage Route. The Butterfield Stage Route between Saint Louis and San Francisco passed through the Main Street of Van Buren, Arkansas and crossed the river at this point. Erected by Mary Fuller Percival Chapter D.A.R."

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm. (2 x 2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52966466 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [Mrs. Parks] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [Mrs. Parks] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 28, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. People celebrating the Overland Mail Centennial caravan, which commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail. Mrs. Donald Parks of Prairie Grove fires an anvil in old-time fashion during caravan's stop at Prairie Grove Battlefield in Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas.

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm. (2 x 2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51556763 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage, Fort Smith [View 2] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage, Fort Smith [View 2] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Negative of a a ceremony unveiling a marker "Commemorating the arrival of first Butterfield Overland Mail Coach, St. Louis to San Francisco, arrived in Fort Smith at John Rogers City Hotel North 2nd and "A" Streets 2:00 A.M. September 19, 1858. Erected by the Old Fort Museum Board. Dedicated by Centennial Committee September 19, 1958."

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 cm. (2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48258602 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 14] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 14] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 19, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Big Crowds Delay Butterfield Stage," B1:2, September 23, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Mail 'Coach' Works Hard to Keep Up," B1:3, and September 29, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. The Overland Mail Centennial caravan commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail. John D. Frizzell of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, owns the Butterfield coach and allows the caravan to use it in its retracing of Butterfield's route. The Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office went into action in February of 1941. It actually houses the mail that is picked up along the route, which will be delivered to San Francisco. Various people in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, pose with the Butterfield Stage and the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office. Postmaster, Wade Bishop of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas hands a stack of souvenir mail to William D. Corell of the Post Office Department at Washington, who is standing in the door of the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office during its trip across Arkansas (0211.10). Lloyd Luginbuel (left) of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas welcomes Ben Dixon of San Diego, California, during a Caravan coffee stop (0211.16). Dixon was one of the original history enthusiasts who urged the federal government to give official notice to the Butterfield Centennial.

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 cm. (2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48258597 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 4] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 4] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 19, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Big Crowds Delay Butterfield Stage," B1:2, September 23, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Mail 'Coach' Works Hard to Keep Up," B1:3, and September 29, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. The Overland Mail Centennial caravan commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail. John D. Frizzell of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, owns the Butterfield coach and allows the caravan to use it in its retracing of Butterfield's route. The Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office went into action in February of 1941. It actually houses the mail that is picked up along the route, which will be delivered to San Francisco. Various people in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, pose with the Butterfield Stage and the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office. Postmaster, Wade Bishop of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas hands a stack of souvenir mail to William D. Corell of the Post Office Department at Washington, who is standing in the door of the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office during its trip across Arkansas (0211.10). Lloyd Luginbuel (left) of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas welcomes Ben Dixon of San Diego, California, during a Caravan coffee stop (0211.16). Dixon was one of the original history enthusiasts who urged the federal government to give official notice to the Butterfield Centennial.

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 cm. (2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48258582 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [The Butterfield Overland Mail in Arkansas Marker, view 2] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [The Butterfield Overland Mail in Arkansas Marker, view 2] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. [1958]

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 28, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. People celebrated the Overland Mail Centennial caravan, which commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail. Pictured is a marker that reads, "The Butterfield Overland Mail in Arkansas. To commemorate the Centennial passage, through Benton County, of the first Westbound stage coach on the Butterfield Overland Mail Route from St. Louis to San Francisco. Callahan's Tavern, the site of which is about a half mile northeast of this spot, was the first relay station where teams were changed after entering Arkansas from Missouri. The stage arrived here about 7 o'clock on the morning of September 18, 1858. Erected by the Benton County Historical Society."

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm. (2 x 2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52966467 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [Old Stage Coach Road Marker, view 2] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [Old Stage Coach Road Marker, view 2] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. [1958]

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 28, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. People celebrated the Overland Mail Centennial caravan, which commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail. Pictured is a marker that reads, "Old Stage Coach Road. This old road was part of the first Overland Mail route, St. Louis to San Francisco. First trip 1858, last 1861. Longest, greatest and best conducted stage and mail route in the world, 2795 miles. Service twice weekly. Fare $200. Time 25 days. 140 stations enroute for exchange of horses and passengers. Service ended by Civil War. Marked by Pea Ridge National Park Association."

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm. (2 x 2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52966464 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage, Fort Smith [View 4] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage, Fort Smith [View 4] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Negative of a a ceremony unveiling a marker "Commemorating the arrival of first Butterfield Overland Mail Coach, St. Louis to San Francisco, arrived in Fort Smith at John Rogers City Hotel North 2nd and "A" Streets 2:00 A.M. September 19, 1858. Erected by the Old Fort Museum Board. Dedicated by Centennial Committee September 19, 1958."

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 cm. (2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48258604 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 13] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 13] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 19, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Big Crowds Delay Butterfield Stage," B1:2, September 23, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Mail 'Coach' Works Hard to Keep Up," B1:3, and September 29, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. The Overland Mail Centennial caravan commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail. John D. Frizzell of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, owns the Butterfield coach and allows the caravan to use it in its retracing of Butterfield's route. The Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office went into action in February of 1941. It actually houses the mail that is picked up along the route, which will be delivered to San Francisco. Various people in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, pose with the Butterfield Stage and the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office. Postmaster, Wade Bishop of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas hands a stack of souvenir mail to William D. Corell of the Post Office Department at Washington, who is standing in the door of the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office during its trip across Arkansas (0211.10). Lloyd Luginbuel (left) of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas welcomes Ben Dixon of San Diego, California, during a Caravan coffee stop (0211.16). Dixon was one of the original history enthusiasts who urged the federal government to give official notice to the Butterfield Centennial.

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 cm. (2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48258596 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 2] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 2] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 19, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Big Crowds Delay Butterfield Stage," B1:2, September 23, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Mail 'Coach' Works Hard to Keep Up," B1:3, and September 29, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. The Overland Mail Centennial caravan commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail. John D. Frizzell of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, owns the Butterfield coach and allows the caravan to use it in its retracing of Butterfield's route. The Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office went into action in February of 1941. It actually houses the mail that is picked up along the route, which will be delivered to San Francisco. Various people in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, pose with the Butterfield Stage and the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office. Postmaster, Wade Bishop of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas hands a stack of souvenir mail to William D. Corell of the Post Office Department at Washington, who is standing in the door of the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office during its trip across Arkansas (0211.10). Lloyd Luginbuel (left) of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas welcomes Ben Dixon of San Diego, California, during a Caravan coffee stop (0211.16). Dixon was one of the original history enthusiasts who urged the federal government to give official notice to the Butterfield Centennial.

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 cm. (2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48258580 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [Old Stage Coach Road Marker, view 1] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage Centennial run through northeast Arkansas, September 18-19, 1958 [Old Stage Coach Road Marker, view 1] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. [1958]

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 28, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. People celebrated the Overland Mail Centennial caravan, which commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail. Pictured is a marker that reads, "Old Stage Coach Road. This old road was part of the first Overland Mail route, St. Louis to San Francisco. First trip 1858, last 1861. Longest, greatest and best conducted stage and mail route in the world, 2795 miles. Service twice weekly. Fare $200. Time 25 days. 140 stations enroute for exchange of horses and passengers. Service ended by Civil War. Marked by Pea Ridge National Park Association."

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm. (2 x 2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52966463 View

Postal service.

Title: Postal service.

ArchivalResource: 1 file folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/310379691 View

Butterfield Overland Mail Centennial Commission (Ark.). Butterfield Overland Mail Centennial Commission (Ark.) papers, 1953-1958.

Title: Butterfield Overland Mail Centennial Commission (Ark.) papers, 1953-1958.

The collection includes correspondence, newsletters, programs, maps, sketches, published materials, and research notes as well as papers involving the organization of the Arkansas commission as well as activities on the national level. Commission members represented include chairman W. J. Lemke and Ted R. Worley.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/226370573 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 11] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 11] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 19, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Big Crowds Delay Butterfield Stage," B1:2, September 23, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Mail 'Coach' Works Hard to Keep Up," B1:3, and September 29, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. The Overland Mail Centennial caravan commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail. John D. Frizzell of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, owns the Butterfield coach and allows the caravan to use it in its retracing of Butterfield's route. The Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office went into action in February of 1941. It actually houses the mail that is picked up along the route, which will be delivered to San Francisco. Various people in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, pose with the Butterfield Stage and the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office. Postmaster, Wade Bishop of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas hands a stack of souvenir mail to William D. Corell of the Post Office Department at Washington, who is standing in the door of the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office during its trip across Arkansas (0211.10). Lloyd Luginbuel (left) of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas welcomes Ben Dixon of San Diego, California, during a Caravan coffee stop (0211.16). Dixon was one of the original history enthusiasts who urged the federal government to give official notice to the Butterfield Centennial.

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 cm. (2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48258593 View

Rumfield, Hiram S. Letters, 1849-1866.

Title: Letters, 1849-1866.

This collection of correspondence includes numerous descriptive letters written by Rumfield to his wife as he traveled West in conjunctions with his job. In addition to his concerns about his wife's domestic responsibilities, Rumfield described the relations between the Indians, the western settlers, and the Overland Mail Company. He related several experiences, including the effects of a Texas drought, fears about Civil War conflicts (he was in Springfield, Mo., at the time of the Battle of Wilson's Creek), Indian massacres, and other local events as he traveled through Fort Smith, Ark., Fort Fillmore, N.M., Salt Lake City, Utah, and Nevada. Rumfield provided extensive details about the Mormon faith and way of life in Salt Lake City. Included in the collection is an extensive letter describing a service at the Tabernacle and the sermons, including one by Brigham Young (1801-1877). Rumfield's letters also detailed the conflict between Utah governor Stephen Selwyn Harding (1808-1891) and the Mormons. Also included in this collection is an 1850 letter regarding a sawmill business proposition in Oregon, several letters of introduction for Rumfield, some business correspondence for the Overland Mail Company, and an 1849 printed circular concerning the establishment of an overland mail route to Oregon and California. It is signed by William Gilpin (1822-1894), later governor of Colorado.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (40 items)1 folder (2 items) ; oversize.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191259772 View

Deane, Ernie. Markers and Monuments, Historical Marker Butterfield Stage, Fort Smith [View 1] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Markers and Monuments, Historical Marker Butterfield Stage, Fort Smith [View 1] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Negative taken for September 19, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Big Crowds Delay Butterfield Stage," B1:2. The Overland mail Centennial provided a historical marker. It commemorates the first mail coach running Saint Louis, Missouri to San Francisco, California with a stop in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas. The marker was dedicated by the Old Fort Museum Board of Fort Smith. The marker reads, "Commemorating the arrival of first Butterfield Overland Mail Coach, St. Louis to San Francisco, arrived in Fort Smith at John Rogers City Hotel North 2nd and 'A' Streets 2:00 A.M. September 19, 1858. Erected by the Old Fort Museum Board. Dedicated by Centennial Committee September 19, 1958."

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm. (2 x 2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52034868 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 8] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 8] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 19, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Big Crowds Delay Butterfield Stage," B1:2, September 23, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Mail 'Coach' Works Hard to Keep Up," B1:3, and September 29, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. The Overland Mail Centennial caravan commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail. John D. Frizzell of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, owns the Butterfield coach and allows the caravan to use it in its retracing of Butterfield's route. The Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office went into action in February of 1941. It actually houses the mail that is picked up along the route, which will be delivered to San Francisco. Various people in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, pose with the Butterfield Stage and the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office. Postmaster, Wade Bishop of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas hands a stack of souvenir mail to William D. Corell of the Post Office Department at Washington, who is standing in the door of the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office during its trip across Arkansas (0211.10). Lloyd Luginbuel (left) of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas welcomes Ben Dixon of San Diego, California, during a Caravan coffee stop (0211.16). Dixon was one of the original history enthusiasts who urged the federal government to give official notice to the Butterfield Centennial.

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 cm. (2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48258589 View

Deane, Ernie. Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 5] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Butterfield Stage, Centennial Run, gateway to Fort Smith, September 18-19, 1958 [View 5] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

Part of a group of negatives taken for September 19, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Big Crowds Delay Butterfield Stage," B1:2, September 23, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Mail 'Coach' Works Hard to Keep Up," B1:3, and September 29, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Caravan Had Royal Welcome in State," 5F:1. The Overland Mail Centennial caravan commemorates John Butterfield and his Overland Mail Company from the 1860s. Butterfield traveled from Missouri to San Francisco, California, with his Concord Coach to haul passengers and mail. John D. Frizzell of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, owns the Butterfield coach and allows the caravan to use it in its retracing of Butterfield's route. The Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office went into action in February of 1941. It actually houses the mail that is picked up along the route, which will be delivered to San Francisco. Various people in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, pose with the Butterfield Stage and the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office. Postmaster, Wade Bishop of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas hands a stack of souvenir mail to William D. Corell of the Post Office Department at Washington, who is standing in the door of the Overland Mail Centennial mobile post office during its trip across Arkansas (0211.10). Lloyd Luginbuel (left) of Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas welcomes Ben Dixon of San Diego, California, during a Caravan coffee stop (0211.16). Dixon was one of the original history enthusiasts who urged the federal government to give official notice to the Butterfield Centennial.

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 cm. (2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48258584 View

Conkling, Roscoe P. (Roscoe Platt), b. 1877. Papers, ca. 1904-1971.

Title: Papers, ca. 1904-1971.

Research materials, including manuscripts, maps and photographs, used by Roscoe P. and Margaret B. Conkling for their book The Butterfield Overland Mail, 1857-1869; its organization and operation over the southern route to 1861; subsequently over the central route to 1866; and under Wells, Fargo and Company in 1869 (published in 1947; Seaver call number F 593 .C72 W.H.). There is also some information about the Conkling family, including photographs, newspaper clippings and geneologies.

ArchivalResource: ca. 10 linear feet (24 Boxes: legal, legal ov; also mc)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18146576 View