Butterfield Overland Stage Line
Through Decatur passed the Butterfield Overland mail line connecting St. Louis and San Francisco with semi-weekly stage and mail service, 1858-1861. The length of the route, 2,795 miles and the superior service maintained made this a pioneer enterprise of the first magnitude.
33.2399° N, 97.5969° W
Where to Find It
N City Limits on Old US 81/287
Nearby Markers
- 0.6 mi SE Gose Trees Decatur
- 0.6 mi SE First National Bank of Decatur Decatur
- 0.7 mi SE Colonel Absalom Bishop Decatur
- 0.7 mi SE Wise County Courthouse Decatur
- 0.7 mi SE Wise County, C.S.A. Decatur
- 0.7 mi SE Randolph Vesey Decatur