Fort Worth in Tarrant County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Fort Worth-Yuma Mail

(Star Post Route No. 31454)

Photographed by Matthew G French, April 11, 2025

1. Fort Worth-Yuma Mail Marker

Inscription. By the 1870s remote areas of the frontier not served by the railroads needed mail delivery routes. In response the U.S. Post Office Department, in 1873, began establishing Star Post Routes.

On Aug. 15, 1878, Star Route No. 31454 was opened between Fort Worth and Yuma, Arizona Terr., under contract to J.T. Chidester. Stagecoaches carried the mail along much the same route used by the Butterfield Overland Mail in the late 1850s.

Fort Worth to Yuma mail was discontinued after completion of the southern transcontinental railroad in 1881.

Erected 1976 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 2038.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars. A significant historical date for this entry is August 15, 1878.

Location. 32° 43.288′ N, 97° 30.412′ W. Marker is in Fort Worth, Texas, in Tarrant County. It is on Camp Bowie West Boulevard 0.1 miles west of Chapel Creek Blvd, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 10600 Camp Bowie W Blvd, Fort Worth TX 76126, United States of America.

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Regionally, this marker is in the Prairies & Lakes Region.

It is also in the American South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Chapin School (approx. 0.3 miles away); William Terry Allen Log Cabin (approx. 3.7 miles away); General H.P. Mabry (approx. 4 miles away); Major K.M. Van Zandt (approx. 4 miles away); 10" Bore Confederate Columbiad Long Range Smoothbore Gun (approx. 4 miles away); James M. Benbrook (approx. 4.2 miles away); First Baptist Church of White Settlement (approx. 4.3 miles away); Willburn Cemetery (approx. 4½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Worth.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Confederate Veterans (was approx. 4 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Matthew G French, April 11, 2025

2. Fort Worth-Yuma Mail Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 15, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 14, 2025, by Matthew G French of Fort Worth, Texas. This page has been viewed 307 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 14, 2025, by Matthew G French of Fort Worth, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.