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href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Territory" title="New Mexico Territory">New Mexico Territory</a>. It was created by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a> on March 3, 1857, and operated until March 30, 1861. The route that was operated extended from where the ferry across the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_River" title="Colorado River">Colorado River</a> to <a href="/wiki/Jaeger_City,_California" title="Jaeger City, California">Fort Yuma Station</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> was located, through <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Territory" title="New Mexico Territory">New Mexico Territory</a> via <a href="/wiki/Tucson,_Arizona" title="Tucson, Arizona">Tucson</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Rio_Grande" title="Rio Grande">Rio Grande</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mesilla,_New_Mexico" title="Mesilla, New Mexico">Mesilla, New Mexico</a> then south to <a href="/wiki/El_Paso,_Texas" title="El Paso, Texas">Franklin, Texas</a>, midpoint on the route. The New Mexico Territory mail route was divided into two divisions each under a superintendent. Tucson was the headquarters of the 3rd Division of the Butterfield Overland Mail Company. Franklin Station in the town of Franklin, (now El Paso, Texas), was the headquarters of the 4th Division. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stations">Stations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Butterfield_Overland_Mail_in_New_Mexico_Territory&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>List of stations within two divisions:<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="3rd_Division">3rd Division</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Butterfield_Overland_Mail_in_New_Mexico_Territory&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 3rd Division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dome,_Arizona" title="Dome, Arizona">Swiveler's Station</a> – Located 20 miles east of Fort Yuma. Subsequently, the post office for nearby <a href="/wiki/Gila_City,_Arizona" title="Gila City, Arizona">Gila City</a> 1.5 miles west of the station. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mission_Camp" title="Mission Camp">Mission Camp</a> – a later station located 11.49 miles east of Gila City.<sup id="cite_ref-War_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-War-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filibusters_Camp" title="Filibusters Camp">Filibusters Camp</a> – Located 18 miles from Swiveler's Station. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antelope_Peak_Station" title="Antelope Peak Station">Antelope Peak Station</a>, a later station located 15.14 miles east of Mission Camp, at the foot of <a href="/wiki/Antelope_Hill,_Arizona" title="Antelope Hill, Arizona">Antelope Peak</a>. It replaced Filibusters Camp Station, 6 miles to the west.<sup id="cite_ref-War_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-War-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterman%27s_Station" title="Peterman's Station">Peterman's Station</a> – Located 19 miles from Filibuster Camp, 12.8 miles from Antelope Hill. Later called <a href="/wiki/Peterman%27s_Station" title="Peterman's Station">Mohawk Station</a>. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Hill_Station" title="Texas Hill Station">Texas Hill Station</a>, a later station located 10.98 miles east of Mohawk Station, replaced Grizwell's Station.<sup id="cite_ref-War_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-War-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Griswell%27s_Station" title="Griswell's Station">Griswell's Station</a> – Located 12 miles from Peterman's Station, later abandoned.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agua_Caliente,_Arizona#Flap-Jack_Ranch,_Grinnell's_and_Stanwix_Station" title="Agua Caliente, Arizona">Flap-Jack Ranch</a> – Located 15 miles from Griswell's Station,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> later called <a href="/wiki/Agua_Caliente,_Arizona#Flap-Jack_Ranch,_Grinnell's_and_Stanwix_Station" title="Agua Caliente, Arizona">Grinnel's Ranch</a> or Station, located 27.11 miles from Mohawk Station, 16.13 miles from Texas Hill Station, sometimes called Stanwix Ranch and <a href="/wiki/Stanwix_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Stanwix Station">Stanwix Station</a> by Union Army reports.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burke%27s_Station" title="Burke's Station">Burke's Station</a>, a later station 9.43 miles from Grinnel's Ranch midway to Oatman Flat Station.<sup id="cite_ref-War_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-War-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oatman_Flat_Station" title="Oatman Flat Station">Oatman Flat Station</a> – Located 20 miles from Flap-Jack Ranch.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murderer%27s_Grave_Station" title="Murderer's Grave Station">Murderer's Grave Station</a> – Located 20 miles from Oatmans Flat Station, later Kinyon's Station.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gila_Bend,_Arizona" title="Gila Bend, Arizona">Gila Ranch</a> – Located 17 miles from Murderer's Grave Station. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Forty_Mile_Desert_Tank&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Forty Mile Desert Tank (page does not exist)">South Tank or Pima Pass Tank</a> – Later water tank, located 10 miles from Gila Ranch.<sup id="cite_ref-Sanders_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sanders-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 131">: 131 </span></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desert_Station" title="Desert Station">Desert Station</a> – Later station located 21.82 miles from Gila Ranch, 11.82 miles from Pima Pass Tank.<sup id="cite_ref-War_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-War-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Tank_or_Montezuma_Head_Tank&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="North Tank or Montezuma Head Tank (page does not exist)">North Tank or Montezuma Head Tank</a> – Later water tank, located 8.57 miles from Desert Station.<sup id="cite_ref-Sanders_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sanders-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 128–129">: 128–129 </span></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maricopa_Wells,_Arizona" title="Maricopa Wells, Arizona">Maricopa Wells Station</a> – Located 40 miles from Gila Ranch, and 18.57 miles from Desert Station, 10 miles from Montezuma Head Tank.<sup id="cite_ref-War_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-War-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Casa_Blanca,_Arizona" title="Casa Blanca, Arizona">Casa Blanca Station</a> – Station established in the latter part of 1858, located 11.35 miles from Maricopa Wells.<sup id="cite_ref-War_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-War-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socatoon_Station" title="Socatoon Station">Socatoon Station</a> – Located 22 miles from Maricopa Wells and 11 miles from Casa Blanca Station.<sup id="cite_ref-War_of_the_Rebellion_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-War_of_the_Rebellion-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oneida_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oneida Station (page does not exist)">Oneida Station</a> – Later station, located 13 miles from Socatoon Station.<sup id="cite_ref-War_of_the_Rebellion_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-War_of_the_Rebellion-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blue_Water_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blue Water Station (page does not exist)">Blue Water Station</a> – Later station located 11 miles from Oneida Station.<sup id="cite_ref-War_of_the_Rebellion_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-War_of_the_Rebellion-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>Pechacho or <a href="/wiki/Picacho_Peak_State_Park" title="Picacho Peak State Park">Picacho Station</a> – Located 37 miles from Socatoon Station, 14 miles from Blue Water.<sup id="cite_ref-War_of_the_Rebellion_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-War_of_the_Rebellion-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marana,_Arizona" title="Marana, Arizona">Pointer Mountain Station</a> – Located 22 miles from Picacho Station.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tucson,_Arizona" title="Tucson, Arizona">Tucson Station</a> – Located 18 miles from Pointer Mountain. Headquarters of the 3rd Division.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="4th_Division">4th Division</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Butterfield_Overland_Mail_in_New_Mexico_Territory&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 4th Division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seneca_Spring_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Seneca Spring Station (page does not exist)">Seneca Spring Station</a> – Located 35 miles from Tucson, no water on the route except at station. Later known as <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cienega_Spring_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cienega Spring Station (page does not exist)">Cienega Spring Station</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benson,_Arizona" title="Benson, Arizona">San Pedro Station</a> – Located in Arizona, 24 miles from Seneca Springs, no water on the route except at the station.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dragoon_Springs,_Arizona" class="mw-redirect" title="Dragoon Springs, Arizona">Dragoon Springs Station</a> – Located in Arizona, 23 miles from San Pedro Station, no water except at station. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ewell_Station" title="Ewell Station">Ewell Station</a>, a later station located in Arizona, 25 miles east of Dragoon Springs and 15 miles west of Apache Pass.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apache_Pass#Apache_Pass_Station" title="Apache Pass">Apache Pass Station</a> – Located in Arizona, 49 miles from Dragoon Springs, no water except at station. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/San_Simon,_Arizona" title="San Simon, Arizona">San Simon Station</a>, a later station located in Arizona, 19 miles east of Apache Pass Station.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stein%27s_Peak_Station" title="Stein's Peak Station">Stein's Peak Station</a> – Located in <a href="/wiki/Doubtful_Canyon" title="Doubtful Canyon">Doubtful Canyon</a>, New Mexico, 35 miles from Apache Pass, no water except at station. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shakespeare,_New_Mexico" title="Shakespeare, New Mexico">Mexican Springs Station</a>, a later station located in New Mexico, between Steins Peak and Soldiers Farewell stations.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soldier%27s_Farewell_Stage_Station" title="Soldier's Farewell Stage Station">Soldiers Farewell Station</a> – Located in New Mexico, 42 miles from Stein's Peak Station, no water except at station.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ojo_de_Vaca_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Ojo de Vaca Station">Ojo de Vaca Station</a> – Located in New Mexico, 14 miles from Soldiers Farewell Station.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mowry_City,_New_Mexico" title="Mowry City, New Mexico">Miembre's River Station</a> – Located in New Mexico, 16 miles from Ojo de Vaca. Later <a href="/wiki/Mowry_City,_New_Mexico" title="Mowry City, New Mexico">Mowry City, New Mexico</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooke%27s_Spring_Station" title="Cooke's Spring Station">Cooke's Spring Station</a> – Located in New Mexico, 18 miles from the Miembre's River Station, just west of the site of the later <a href="/wiki/Fort_Cummings" title="Fort Cummings">Fort Cummings</a>. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goodsight_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Goodsight Station (page does not exist)">Goodsight Station</a>, later station, located in New Mexico, 14 miles east of the Cooke's Spring Station.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rough_and_Ready_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rough and Ready Station (page does not exist)">Rough and Ready Station</a>, later station, located in New Mexico, 22 miles east of Goodsight Station.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Picacho,_Dona_Ana_County,_New_Mexico#Picacho_Station" title="Picacho, Dona Ana County, New Mexico">Picacho Station</a> – Located in the village of <a href="/wiki/Picacho,_Dona_Ana_County,_New_Mexico" title="Picacho, Dona Ana County, New Mexico">Picacho</a>, 15 miles east of the Rough and Ready Station and 52 miles from Cooke's Springs. This station had the last natural water available on the route until Cooke's Springs, although the later intervening stations had hauled water and constructed earthen tanks to catch rainwater.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesilla,_New_Mexico" title="Mesilla, New Mexico">Mesilla</a> – Located 6 miles, east of Picacho Station. Mesilla was almost exactly midway between <a href="/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis, Missouri">St. Louis, Missouri</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco, California">San Francisco, California</a> and was the most important Overland Stage Station between the two points. At this time Mesilla was on the west bank of the <a href="/wiki/Rio_Grande" title="Rio Grande">Rio Grande</a> and was the point where the route crossed the river.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Fillmore" title="Fort Fillmore">Fort Fillmore Station</a> – Located on the east bank of the Rio Grande, 14 miles from Picacho Station, nearby <a href="/wiki/Fort_Fillmore" title="Fort Fillmore">Fort Fillmore</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cottonwoods_Station" title="Cottonwoods Station">Cottonwoods Station</a> – Located, 25 miles south of Fort Filmore along the east bank of the Rio Grande, just over the border in what is now <a href="/wiki/Vinton,_Texas" title="Vinton, Texas">Vinton, Texas</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Paso,_Texas" title="El Paso, Texas">Franklin Station</a> – Located in the town of Franklin, (now El Paso, Texas), 22 miles from Cottonwoods Station. Headquarters of the 4th Division.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="5th_Division">5th Division</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Butterfield_Overland_Mail_in_New_Mexico_Territory&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 5th Division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>5th Division Stations in <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Territory" title="New Mexico Territory">New Mexico Territory</a>. These were located on Captain Pope's New Road to Franklin (1st route used, until August 1, 1859, when the route was moved to the Lower Road.) </p> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ojos_de_los_Alamos_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ojos de los Alamos Station (page does not exist)">Ojos de los Alamos Station</a> – A later station in New Mexico Territory, located 20 miles northeast of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hueco_Tanks_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hueco Tanks Station (page does not exist)">Hueco Tanks Station</a> in Texas.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cornudas_de_Los_Alamos_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cornudas de Los Alamos Station (page does not exist)">Cornudas de Los Alamos Station</a> – An original station in New Mexico Territory. Located 36 miles east of Hueco Tanks, 16 miles east of Ojos de los Alamos Station. Located 28 miles northwest of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Crow_Springs_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Crow Springs Station (page does not exist)">Crow Springs Station</a> in Texas, a later relay station midway between Cornudas and <a href="/wiki/Pinery_Station" title="Pinery Station">Pinery Station</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Butterfield_Overland_Mail_in_New_Mexico_Territory&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Butterfield_Overland_Mail_in_California" title="Butterfield Overland Mail in California">Butterfield Overland Mail in California</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Butterfield_Overland_Mail_in_Baja_California" title="Butterfield Overland Mail in Baja California">Butterfield Overland Mail in Baja California</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butterfield_Overland_Mail_in_Texas" title="Butterfield Overland Mail in Texas">Butterfield Overland Mail in Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butterfield_Overland_Mail_in_Indian_Territory" title="Butterfield Overland Mail in Indian Territory">Butterfield Overland Mail in Indian Territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butterfield_Overland_Mail_in_Arkansas_and_Missouri" title="Butterfield Overland Mail in Arkansas and Missouri">Butterfield Overland Mail in Arkansas and Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apache_Pass" title="Apache Pass">Apache Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bascom_Affair" class="mw-redirect" title="Bascom Affair">Bascom Affair</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Butterfield_Overland_Mail_in_New_Mexico_Territory&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 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Chapter LXII. Operations on the Pacific Coast. January 1, 1861–June 30, 1865. Part I., Correspondence, p. 1056, itinerary of the marches from Fort Yuma to Pima Villages, made by Lieutenant-Colonel West"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.simmonsgames.com/research/authors/USWarDept/ORA/OR-S1-V50-P1-C062C.html">the original</a> on July 21, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 7,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+War+of+the+Rebellion%3A+A+Compilation+of+the+Official+Records+of+the+Confederate+Armies.+Chapter+LXII.+Operations+on+the+Pacific+Coast.+January+1%2C+1861%E2%80%93June+30%2C+1865.+Part+I.%2C+Correspondence%2C+p.+1056%2C+itinerary+of+the+marches+from+Fort+Yuma+to+Pima+Villages%2C+made+by+Lieutenant-Colonel+West&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.simmonsgames.com%2Fresearch%2Fauthors%2FUSWarDept%2FORA%2FOR-S1-V50-P1-C062C.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AButterfield+Overland+Mail+in+New+Mexico+Territory" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120326003900/http://azmemory.lib.az.us/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2Fshmtrans&CISOPTR=401&CISOBOX=1&REC=9">"Flap Jack Stage Station, Arizona, c. 1900, from Sharlot Hall Museum Transportation Image Collection; Sharlot Hall Museum Transportation Collection"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://azmemory.lib.az.us/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2Fshmtrans&CISOPTR=401&CISOBOX=1&REC=9">the original</a> on 2012-03-26<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2019-06-18</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Flap+Jack+Stage+Station%2C+Arizona%2C+c.+1900%2C+from+Sharlot+Hall+Museum+Transportation+Image+Collection%3B+Sharlot+Hall+Museum+Transportation+Collection&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fazmemory.lib.az.us%2Fcdm4%2Fitem_viewer.php%3FCISOROOT%3D%252Fshmtrans%26CISOPTR%3D401%26CISOBOX%3D1%26REC%3D9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AButterfield+Overland+Mail+in+New+Mexico+Territory" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120326003904/http://azmemory.lib.az.us/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2Fshmtrans&CISOPTR=408&CISOBOX=1&REC=16">"Stanwix Stage Station, Maricopa County, Arizona, c. 1873, from Sharlot Hall Museum Transportation Image Collection; Sharlot Hall Museum Transportation Collection"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://azmemory.lib.az.us/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2Fshmtrans&CISOPTR=408&CISOBOX=1&REC=16">the original</a> on 2012-03-26<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2019-06-18</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Stanwix+Stage+Station%2C+Maricopa+County%2C+Arizona%2C+c.+1873%2C+from+Sharlot+Hall+Museum+Transportation+Image+Collection%3B+Sharlot+Hall+Museum+Transportation+Collection&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fazmemory.lib.az.us%2Fcdm4%2Fitem_viewer.php%3FCISOROOT%3D%252Fshmtrans%26CISOPTR%3D408%26CISOBOX%3D1%26REC%3D16&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AButterfield+Overland+Mail+in+New+Mexico+Territory" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120326003856/http://azmemory.lib.az.us/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2Fshmtrans&CISOPTR=400&CISOBOX=1&REC=8">"Ruins of Oatman Flat Stage Station, Oatman, AZ, c. 1910, from Sharlot Hall Museum Transportation Image Collection; Sharlot Hall Museum Transportation Collection"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://azmemory.lib.az.us/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2Fshmtrans&CISOPTR=400&CISOBOX=1&REC=8">the original</a> on 2012-03-26<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2019-06-18</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Ruins+of+Oatman+Flat+Stage+Station%2C+Oatman%2C+AZ%2C+c.+1910%2C+from+Sharlot+Hall+Museum+Transportation+Image+Collection%3B+Sharlot+Hall+Museum+Transportation+Collection&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fazmemory.lib.az.us%2Fcdm4%2Fitem_viewer.php%3FCISOROOT%3D%252Fshmtrans%26CISOPTR%3D400%26CISOBOX%3D1%26REC%3D8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AButterfield+Overland+Mail+in+New+Mexico+Territory" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Sanders-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Sanders_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Sanders_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Sanders, Kirby, Butterfield Overland Mail Route Through New Mexico and Arizona, Kirby Sanders and Amazon Createspace, 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-War_of_the_Rebellion-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-War_of_the_Rebellion_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-War_of_the_Rebellion_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-War_of_the_Rebellion_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-War_of_the_Rebellion_7-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110721171324/http://www.simmonsgames.com/research/authors/USWarDept/ORA/OR-S1-V50-P1-C062C.html">"THE WAR OF THE REBELLION: A COMPILATION OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES. CHAPTER LXII. OPERATIONS ON THE PACIFIC COAST. JANUARY 1, 1861–JUNE 30, 1865. PART I., CORRESPONDENCE., pp. 1017–1018, Distances from Los Angeles, Cal., eastward to Mesilla, NM Territory"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.simmonsgames.com/research/authors/USWarDept/ORA/OR-S1-V50-P1-C062C.html">the original</a> on July 21, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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War Dept, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1897, p. 121, this station shortened the route between Dragoon Springs and Apache pass by 9 miles.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Vol. L, United States. War Dept, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1897, p. 122</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Butterfield_Overland_Mail_in_New_Mexico_Territory&params=32_20_26_N_108_39_29_W_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">32°20′26″N</span> <span class="longitude">108°39′29″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">32.34056°N 108.65806°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">32.34056; -108.65806</span></span></span></a></span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A. 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class="new" title="Oneida Station (page does not exist)">Oneida</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blue_Water_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blue Water Station (page does not exist)">Blue Water</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Picacho_Peak_State_Park#History" title="Picacho Peak State Park">Picacho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marana,_Arizona#History" title="Marana, Arizona">Pointer Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tucson,_Arizona" title="Tucson, Arizona">Tucson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Source: <cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1858/10/14/78877651.pdf">"List of Butterfield Overland Mail Stations "Itinerary of the Route"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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