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Butterfield Overland Mail Route

May 7, 2015

The route of the Overland Mail Company, popularly known as the Butterfield Trail due to the name of the company’s president, John Butterfield, who headed the operation from 1858 to 1861, when the outbreak of the Civil War forced the company to cease operations. This map of the Butterfield Overland Mail Route was compiled from … More Butterfield Overland Mail Route

The Katy Trail State Park

May 5, 2015

The Katy Trail State Park runs along the abandoned railbed of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway. That name was abbreviated to the MKT and further shortened to the “Katy.” The trail’s eastern terminus is at the little community of Machens, Missouri, and its western terminus is 240 miles away at Clinton, Missouri. The entire … More The Katy Trail State Park