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

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

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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).

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

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Deane, Ernie

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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...

Arkansas History Commission

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The Arkansas History Commission was created by the General Assembly in 1905. Inspired and guided during its early years by John Hugh Reynolds, the commission is the official archives of the state, responsible for collecting and preserving the source materials of the history of Arkansas. From the description of Arkansas History Commission records, 1905-1984 [microform]. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 244818119 ...

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Butterfield, John, 1801-1869

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