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.
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).
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.