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Site of Fishpond Station (circa 1859) between Graham and Jacksboro. On Butterfield Overland Mail Road in western Jack County.

Butterfield Overland Mail Marker on Valentine Bluff Road in Montague County. Overland Road descends Valentine Bluff to Butterfield’s Spring Station (circa 1859).

Mustang Waterholes on Butterfield Overland Mail Road in Reagan County. Used as water depot (1858-1861) by Overland Mail Company and site of numerous Comanche attacks.

Smith’s Station Texas (circa 1858) west of Albany, Texas. Butterfield Overland Mail stage stop near Shackelford-Jones County line and Fort Phantom Hill.

Trace of Butterfield Overland Mail Road at Head of Concho Station (circa 1858-61). Located north of Barnhart, Texas at headwaters of Middle Concho River.

Butterfield Overland Mail marker on east side of Pecos River near Grandfalls. Overland Mail Road traversed east side of Pecos River through Ward County.

Butterfield Overland Mail Road Crossing of Oak Creek in Coke County. Crossing is just west of Fort Chadbourne.

Butterfield Overland Mail Marker near station site in Sherman, Texas. 1858 stage stop was across street at Knight Furniture.

Ruins of Castle Gap Station (circa 1859) south of Crane, Texas. Butterfield Overland Mail station is oldest European-American structure in Upton County.

Mountain Pass Station Marker near Merkel in Taylor County. Comanches repeatedly attacked Butterfield Overland Mail station here, killing at least four employees from 1858-1861.