Butterfield Overland Mail Route Lee Creek Road Segment Explained

Butterfield Overland Mail Route Lee Creek Road Segment
Nearest City:Cedarville, Arkansas
Coordinates:35.6722°N -94.3481°W
Added:September 29, 2009
Refnum:09000770

The Butterfield Overland Mail Route Lee Creek Road Segment is a historic stretch of road in Crawford County, Arkansas. It is a 3.1miles segment of Lee Creek Road, which diverges from Arkansas Highway 220 north of Cedarville. This road section appears to closely follow the original alignment of the main road in the region in 1839, which connected Fayetteville and Van Buren. This road was used by the Butterfield Overland Mail service between 1858 and 1861. It is a gravel roadway about 12feet wide, with several deeply-cut sections.[1]

The road was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Butterfield Overland Mail Route Lee Creek Road Segment . Arkansas Preservation . 2015-03-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113957/http://www.arkansaspreservation.com/%21userfiles/CW0398.nr.pdf . 2015-04-02 .