Araz, CA

ARAZ, CA

Butterfield Stage

Site was identified as a Butterfield Stage stop.

The stage was an early operation of Wells Fargo and American Express

Butterfield Stage also known as the Butterfield Overland Mail Company had the government mail contract from September 15, 1857
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. Originally all of the Overland Stage owners had submitted routes with relay stations and frontier forts that were north of Albuquerque, New Mexico territory; they had no knowledge of what was called the ox bow route. Time, vandals and the elements have taken their toll. The contract with the postal service, which went into effect on September 16, 1858, identified the route and divided it into nine divisions numbered west to east from San Francisco
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Route Miles Hours

1 San Francisco to Los Angeles 462 80

2 Los Angeles to Fort Yuma 282 72.20

3 Fort Yuma to Tucson 280 71.45

4 Tucson to Franklin 360 82

5 Franklin [2] to Fort Chadbourne 458 126.30

6 Fort Chadbourne to Colbert's Ferry 282½ 65.25

7 Colbert's Ferry to Fort Smith 192 38

8 Fort Smith to Tipton 318½ 48.55

9 Tipton to St. Louis 160 11.40 Totals 2,795 596.35

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