Butterfield Overland Mail Route Segment

 road, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, historic district

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Historic dirt road segment listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as a historic district.

Built: 1858
Areas of significance: Transportation
Length: 13.35 miles *
Date added to NRHP: 6/9/2010
Other designations: U.S. Historic District
Notes: This is one of the best preserved segments of the Butterfield Overland Mail Route in Arkansas. Butterfield Overland Mail was a stagecoach mail and passenger service that operated between the eastern termini of Memphis and St. Louis and their final destination of San Francisco between 1857 and 1861. The road segment’s current designations are Bug Scuffle Road and Owl Cove City Road.

* polygon does not depict entire road segment. The segment's total length is 13.35 miles.