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

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

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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.

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Arkansas History Commission, Department of Archives and History

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Overland Mail Company

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The Butterfield Overland Mail Company, organized in 1857, carried mail between St. Louis and San Francisco until the outbreak of the Civil War forced it to move north to the central overland route. It was known as the Central Overland and Pike's Peak Express Company until it was reorganized and Gen. Bela M. Hughes was elected president of the Overland Mail Company in 1861. From the description of Records of the Overland Mail Company, 1850-1898 (bulk 1850-1887). (Huntington Library, A...

Lemke, W. J. 1891-1968.

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Worley, Ted R. (Ted Raymond), 1906-1969

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Arkansas State Historian. From the description of Ted R. Worley letter, 1953 Oct. 12. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 645658569 Arkansas educator and historian. From the description of Ted Worley letter, 1958 Oct. 20. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 650876232 ...

Butterfield Overland Mail Centennial Commission (Ark.)

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The Butterfield Overland Mail Company was established by John Butterfield of Utica, N.Y., in 1857. He contracted with the U.S. Postmaster General to transport the mail from the Mississippi River to San Francisco, Calif., including a major route from Memphis to Fort Smith and a route form St. Louis through Missouri and northwest Arkansas to Fort Smith, including Elkhorn Tavern and Fayetteville. The Butterfield Overland Mail Centennial Commission was formed in Arkansas in the 1950s as a part of th...