Butterfield Overland Mail

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.

Ruins of Antelope Spring Station, northeast of Fort Stockton in Pecos County. Butterfield Overland Mail station (circa 1859) also known as Camp Pleasant.

Butterfield Overland Mail Road Marker near Mentone. Where overland road (circa 1858) crosses modern Highway 302 in Loving County.

Restored Butterfield Overland Mail station at Fort Chadbourne in Coke County. Stage stop (circa 1858) is on north side of fort’s parade ground.

D.A.R. marker where Butterfield Overland Mail Road (circa 1858) crosses modern Highway 180 west of Albany. Near Butterfield’s Smith’s Station in Shackelford County.

A Unique Texas Road Trip! 25 years on the Butterfield Road from the Red River to El Paso. Trail in Coke County’s Butterfield Canyon (named for 1858-1861 Butterfield Overland Route).

Butterfield Peak near Robert Lee in Coke County, Texas. Named after Butterfield Overland Mail Route (1858-1861).

Trace of Butterfield Overland Mail Road (1858-1861) in Wild Rose Pass near Fort Davis. One of the most beautiful locales in Texas.

Field researcher Joe Allen on Butterfield Overland Road in Mountain Pass near Merkel in Taylor County. Comanches attacked station here numerous times from 1858-1861.