Whoa Nellie! Traditional Geocache
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The Vallecito - Butterfield Stage Stop historical marker is one of the few remaining landmarks that remind us of the famous stage line of the 1850s and 1860s.
John Butterfield of New York was awarded the contract in 1859 to carry mail and people from San Francisco to the Mississippi River. His company spent a year planning and laying out the route. By the time the first stage was ready, Butterfierld Overland had 1500 employees, constructed 80 stations, purchased 200 mail wagons and owned 1,200 head of livestock.
The first trip started from San Francisco on September 15, 1858 and the first train carring mail left St. Louis the next day. The first cross country trip from St. Louis to San Francisco took 23 days, 23 and 1/2 hours.
The company suspended operations over this route when the Civil War started and moved this route North going thru Salt Lake City and Sacramento.
The completion of the Union Pacific Railroad in 1869 marked the end of the stage route.
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