#0471 Butterfield Stage Route
Title
#0471 Butterfield Stage Route
Site information:
On N Fremont Dr, 0.1 mi S of Old Tulare HwyNothing remains of this site, as far as I know.
36.202508,-119.104243
Plaque information:
State plaquePlaque text:
Butterfield Overland Mail RouteThis route, following an earlier emigrant trail, was laid out in the 1850’s as part of the Stockton-Los Angeles Road. It was used by the Butterfield Overland Mail stages between St. Louis and San Francisco from 1858 to 1861. This was the first overland mail operated on a regular schedule.
Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the Tulare County Historical Society, September 28, 1958.
Registered 8/30/1950
