FAYETTEVILLE -- What once was old is new again for the Butterfield Trail as the historic stagecoach and military route is being repurposed for cyclists in Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley. The ...
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the National Trails System Act. This landmark legislation was signed Oct. 2, 1968, and established the framework for a system of national trails, including ...
From 1858-61, Fort Smith was the junction point for the Butterfield Overland Trail, which branched west from St. Louis and Memphis to San Francisco. Though short-lived, the stagecoach line helped ...
It’s not the road less traveled, though it’s not the most popular, either. There are places where the trail is faint, passing under brush and fallen limbs, and goes fuzzy along the edges. But even on ...
ATOKA/BOGGY DEPOT, Okla. (KFOR) — If a traveler wanted to get from St. Louis or Memphis all the way to San Francisco overland in 1858, the fastest way was by stagecoach along the same, faint trail ...
TIPTON, Mo. - When John Butterfield stepped off the Pacific Railroad at the end of the line west in Tipton on Sept. 16, 1858, he then embarked on the historic, first overland mail route. The ...
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