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to contract for delivery of the U.S. mail from St. Louis to San Francisco. Prior to this, U.S. Mail bound for the Far West had been delivered by the San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line since June 1857.

The route was designated a national historic trail in 2023.

Origins

John Butterfield: president of Overland Mail Company

John Butterfield

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