• Grandfalls,  

  Ward County

Butterfield Overland Stage Line

• One of the longest stage routes ever established, the Southern Overland Mail Line (Butterfield Route) which provided semi-weekly service St. Louis to San Francisco, 1858-1861. Followed substantially the route of this highway through Ward County.

• Address

  SH 18, S of Grandfalls

• Directions

  On SH 18 about 2 miles S of Grandfalls

• Marker #

  585

• Dedicated:

  1936

• Size, Type:

  1936 Texas Centennial highway marker (pink granite)

• Code:

  roads; stagecoach routes, stands, etc.

• Latitude

  -102.8629045

• Longitude

  FALSE