Official Name: | Soldiers Farewell Stage Station |
Settlement Type: | Locale |
Nickname: | Soldier's Farewell |
Pushpin Map: | New Mexico#USA |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | New Mexico |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Grant County |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 5144 |
Coordinates: | 32.3567°N -108.3692°W |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 894993[1] |
Soldiers Farewell Stage Station[2] was a stagecoach stop of the 1858-1861 Butterfield Overland Mail route before the company moved to the central route (former Pony Express route). West of "Soldiers Farewell Hill" on the west bank of a drainage arroyo,[3] the stop was on the Butterfield Overland Mail route (1858-1861) in Grant County, New Mexico. According to the Overland Mail Company Through Time Schedule, it was 150 miles (33½ hours) west of El Paso, Texas and 184½ miles (41 hours) east of Tucson, Arizona. Located 42 miles east of Stein's Peak Station and 14 miles southwest of Ojo de Vaca Station.[4]