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

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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."

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

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