Butterfield Overland Mail

Ruins and artifacts at Mountain Pass Station on Butterfield Overland Mail Road near Merkel in Taylor County. Used from 1858-1861.

Eagle Spring, water source for 1859 Butterfield Overland Mail station near Van Horn. Visitors complained about the paltry water supply.

Station corral walls at Eagle Spring (circa 1859) on Butterfield Overland Road near Van Horn. Site of numerous Apache ambushes.

Diamond’s Station ruins and artifacts on Butterfield Overland Mail Route in Grayson County near Whitesboro. Circa 1858.

Ruins of Delaware Springs Stage Station (circa 1858) on Butterfield Overland Road near Guadalupe Mountains National Park.

View of Guadalupe Mountains National Park from Delaware Springs Station on the Butterfield Overland Mail Road (circa 1858) in Culberson County.

Artifacts from Davidson’s Station (1858) on Butterfield Overland Road near Gainesville in Cooke County. Named after station keeper Dr. John Franklin Davidson.

Ruins of Davidson’s Station on Butterfield Overland Mail Road. Located near Gainesville in Cooke County. Circa 1858.

One of a Kind Texas Road Trip! 25 years following the Butterfield Overland Road (1858-1861) from the Red River to El Paso. Butterfield trace in Quitman Canyon near Sierra Blanca.

Apache Post Office on Butterfield Overland Road in Quitman Canyon near Sierra Blanca. Known for its Native American rock art and frequent Apache ambushes.