Butterfield Overland Mail / NM Hwy 180
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outwest63
N 32° 29.551 W 107° 58.469
13S E 220502 N 3598928
Marker for Butterfield Overland Mail Route erected by D.A.R. The monument is located approx. 150 yards SE of the rest area.
Waymark Code: WMCVV0
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 10/16/2011
Views: 5
The bronze placque reads
Here crossed the first road to Southern California - opended for wagons by Capt. Cooke, who passed here in command of the Mormon Battalion, Nov. 1846 - later it became the California Emigrant Road - from 1858-1861, the route of the Butterfield Overland Mail, St. Louis to San Francisco, the longest land mail route ever attempted.
Erected by the Butterfield Trail Chapter D.A.R.
Deming, N.M. Oct. 1933
History:: Not listed
Link to History,Plaque or Sign:: Not listed
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