Butterfield Overland Stage - Gilroy, CA
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ucdvicky
N 37° 00.340 W 121° 34.085
10S E 627400 N 4096459
A part of John Butterfield's route from Missouri to California.
Waymark Code: WM357K
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 02/11/2008
Views: 25
ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1857, JOHN BUTTERFIELD, A
NEW YORKER, RECIEVED A CONTRACT WITH THE
U.S. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT TO ESTABLISH
RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN MISSOURI
AND SAN FRANCISCO.
AS A YOUNG MAN HE JOINED WITH HENERY WELLS
AND WILLIAM FARGO TO ESTABLISH THE AMER-
ICAN EXPRESS COMPANY. LATER, WELLS AND
FARGO SET UP THIER OWN OPERATIONS IN CAL-
IFRONIA, SEPARATE FROM AMERICAN EXPRESS.
THE CALIFORNIA ROUTE TRAVERSED FROM THE
SOUTH EAST PART OF THE STATE THROUGH LOS
ANGELES TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. THE
PACHEO PASS ROUTE BROUGHT THE STAGES IN-
TO THE COASTAL REGION. JOINING EL CAMINO
REAL IN GILROY AND ON TO SAN FRANCISCO.
FROM SEPTEMBER 14, 1858, BUTTERFIELD
SERVICE WAS REGULAR AND RELIABLE UNTIL
JANUARY 1861, WHEN THE COMPANY LIVESTOCK
AND EQUIPMENT BECAME THE TARGETS OF SOUTH-
ERN SYMPATHIZERS. MARCH 6, 1861 WAS THE
LAST COACH OVER THE BUTTERFIELD ROUTE.
DEDICATED IN HONOR OF ONE OF OUR MOST
RENOWNED WORKING X-HUMBUGS,
LOUIS I. BONIESO JR.
PLAQUE PLACED APRIL 27, 1985 BY THE
MOUNTAIN CHARLIE CHAPTER No. 1850
E CLAMPUS VITUS.
"RIGHT WRONGS NOBODY"
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