Butterfield Stage Line ~ Yoast Station - South of Elkton, MO
Posted by: YoSam.
N 37° 49.416 W 093° 25.842
15S E 462095 N 4186330
Relay station in 1858, moved in 1859-1861 about a 1/4 mile west.
Waymark Code: WM49DJ
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 07/25/2008
Views: 33
Marker Erected by: Drywood Threshers Association, Sheldon, MO.
County of Marker: Hickory County.
Location of Marker: MO-83 & CR-340, 1½ miles S. of Elkton.
Marker Text:
YOAST STATION
1858
Butterfield Stage Line
Overland MailMarker in Elkton refering to this station:
Erected by: State Historical Society of Missouri.
Date Marker Erected: 1958.
Location of Marker: MO-83 & MO-H, Elkton.
Marker Text:
BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND MAIL
IN MISSOURI - 1858~1861
The Andrew James Franklin Yoast Relay Station in Hickory County, 92 miles from the Tipton Terminus, was about 2 miles south of Elkton.