Historical Marker
Butterfield Overland Stage Line
Historical marker location:
Decatur, Texas
( N City Limits on Old US 81/287)
Marker installed: 1936
Through Decatur passed the Butterfield Overland mail line connecting St. Louis and San Francisco with semi-weekly stage and mail service, 1858-1861. The length of the route, 2,795 miles and the superior service maintained made this a pioneer enterprise of the first magnitude.