​Route of the Southern
​Overland Mail Line

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Marker Text: One mile southeast to Fort Chadbourne, a station on the Butterfield mail and stage line, which linked St. Louis and San Francisco, 1858 - 1861. The fort was established in 1852, occupied until its surrender to state forces in 1861, and garrisoned at times after the Civil War. (1936) 

Marker No: 4374

1936 Pink Granite Centennial Marker 

Geographic: 32.032482,-100.260712

Location: from Bronte, take US 277 north about 11 miles to roadside park