The Butterfield in Oklahoma

Publications & Resources

Videos: The Butterfield Trail in Oklahoma (Produced by Richard Hunt, Oregon-California Trails Association) https://youtu.be/Q1VD6YF1bVc

The Butterfield Trail in Oklahoma (YouTube video from Tombstone Gathering of the Southern Trails Chapter of Oregon-California Trails Association, Produced by Richard Hunt): https://youtu.be/2e9g6M-BGBc

Civil War Album, Butterfield Mail Route in Oklahoma: http://civilwaralbum.com/indian/butterfield1.htm

Articles from the Chronicles of Oklahoma:

Early Trails Through Oklahoma by Grant Foreman, Vol. 3 No. 2, June 1925, 99-119. https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1826904/

California Mail Route Through Oklahoma by Grant Foreman, Vol. 9 No 3, September 1931, 300-317. https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1827063/

American Airlines Along the Butterfield Mail Route by Vernon H. Brown, Vol. 33 No. 1, Spring 1955, 2-13. https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1796160/

Tour Along the Old Butterfield Overland Mail Route, Vol. 33 No. 3, Autumn 1955, 394-396. https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1827495/

The Butterfield Overland Mail One Hundred Years Ago by Muriel H. Wright, Vol. 35 No. 1, Spring 1957, 55-71. https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1760988/

Notes on the Butterfield Overland Mail Centennial, Vol. 35 No. 2, Summer 1957, 228-229. https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1760989/

Centennial of the Butterfield Overland Mail Organization, Vol. 35 No. 4, Winter 1957-58, 474-477. https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1760991/

Stagecoach Mail, Oklahoma’s Philatelic Year by George H. Shirk, Vol. 36 No. 1, Spring 1958, 51. https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1796162/

Committee Report, Butterfield Overland Mail, Vol. 36 No. 4, Winter 1958-59, 446-472. https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1796165/

Driving Route:

Email me at susan.dragoo@gmail.com for .gpx files for driving route.

Station and important landmark waypoints:

Walker’s Station 35.25110, -94.59135

Skullyville Cemetery 35.25130, -94.59436

Trahern’s Station 35.12362, -94.80192

Edwards Store (https://edwardsstore.com/) 34.99750, -94.97420

Holloway’s Station 34.97586, -95.05120

Riddle’s Station 34.92035, -95.25617

Mountain Station 34.83669, -95.42446

Pusley’s Station 34.79684, -95.46578

Blackburn’s Station 34.66957, -95.74213

Waddell’s Station 34.56725, -95.93317

Geary’s Station (inundated under Lake Atoka) Approx. Site 34.45577, -96.08921

Atoka County Museum and Confederate Cemetery (https://www.okhistory.org/sites/atokamuseum) 34.40010, -96.11710

Boggy Depot 34.31942, -96.30777

Nail’s Crossing 34.12820, -96.39309

Fisher’s Station 33.98527, -96.45444

Colbert’s Ferry 33.81837, -96.51614