Butterfield Overland Mail

Army redoubts on Rocky Ridge near Sierra Blanca overlooking Butterfield Overland Road. Site of fierce battle between Col. Grierson’s 10th Cavalry and Apache Chief Victorio in 1880.

Butterfield Overland Mail Road at Tinaja de las Palmas near Sierra Blanca. Site of firefight between Apache Chief Victorio and Col. Grierson’s 10th Cavalry in 1880.

Artifacts from Frans’s Butterfield Overland Mail Station (1858-1861) near Woodson, Texas. Named for station keeper James Madison Frans.

Ruins of Frans’s Butterfield Overland Mail Station in Throckmorton County near Woodson, Texas. Used from 1858-1861.

Historic Emigrant Crossing on the Pecos River in Ward County. Where 1849 California Emigrant Road intersects Butterfield Overland Mail Road (1858-1861).

Artifacts from Butterfield Overland Mail station at Barilla Spring near Fort Davis in Jeff Davis County, Texas. Station built in 1859.

Ruins of Butterfield Overland Mail station at Barilla Spring near Fort Davis in Jeff Davis County. Used from 1859-1861.

Artifacts from Butterfield Overland Mail station on North Concho River in Tom Green County. Built in 1859.

Trace of Butterfield Overland Mail Road (1858-1861) leading down to crossing of North Concho River in Tom Green County.

Ruins of Murphy’s Station on Butterfield Overland Road near Graham. Station employee Ed Cornett murdered Fed. Indian Supt. Robt. Neighbors in 1859.