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Dragoon Springs Butterfield stage station
Ghost town Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: lead balls and early cartridges, horseshoes.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1858-1880 fortified stage station
A stone-fortified Butterfield Overland Mail station built in 1858 at a spring on the Southern Emigrant Trail, used by Butterfield until March 1861 and by other stage lines from 1865 to about 1880. Three station employees were killed during its construction and Confederate soldiers died nearby in 1862.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
rattlesnakes, remote
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