Atchison in Atchison County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Butterfield's Overland Dispatch
Photographed By Thomas Onions, October 2016
1. Butterfield's Overland Dispatch Marker
Front of Marker
Butterfield's
Overland Dispatch
1865
Overland Dispatch
Established 1865
by
David A. Butterfield
The B.O.D. followed the Smoky Hill Trail,
the shortest and most dangerous trail
from the Missouri River to the
Rocky Mountain gold fields.
Butterfield's first supply wagons left
Atchison in June 1865 and his first
stagecoach to Denver departed
Atchison in September 1865.
B.O.D. Headquarters was 100 yards
south of this site on the river.
Erected 2015 by Smoky Hill Trail Associates.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Roads & Vehicles. A significant historical year for this entry is 1865.
Location. 39° 33.703′ N, 95° 6.863′ W. Marker is in Atchison, Kansas, in Atchison County. Marker is on Commerce Street, 0.1 miles west of 2nd St, on the right when traveling east. Marker is in the Northwest corner of Veterans' Memorial Park, which is along the Missouri River in Atchison. It is approximately 150 feet west of the Lewis
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. USS Arizona Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); "walked on Shore above this Creek" (within shouting distance of this marker); Atchison Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); The Lewis and Clark Expedition (within shouting distance of this marker); "the water…contains a half…Glass of ooze" (within shouting distance of this marker); Homeland of the Kanza Indians (within shouting distance of this marker); Lewis Discovers a High Mound (within shouting distance of this marker); Under a large Cottonwood… (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Atchison.
More about this marker. The marker is a highly polished black granite stone. The outer edge of the marker remains quarry faced.
Also see . . .
1. Butterfield Overland Despatch Stage Stations. Legends of America website entry (Submitted on May 4, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
2. Wikipedia Entry on Butterfield Dispatch. Further information on the History of the Stageline. (Submitted on November 3, 2016, by Thomas Onions of Olathe, Kansas.)
3. City of Atchison. Official City of Atchison
Photographed By Thomas Onions, October 2016
2. Butterfield's Overland Dispatch Marker
Reverse of Marker
4. Kansas Historical Society. Further information on the Smoky Hill Trail, David Butterfield, and the Overland Dispatch (Submitted on November 3, 2016, by Thomas Onions of Olathe, Kansas.)
Photographed By Thomas Onions, October 2016
3. Butterfield's Overland Dispatch Marker
Area photo of Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on May 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 3, 2016, by Thomas Onions of Olathe, Kansas. This page has been viewed 559 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 3, 2016, by Thomas Onions of Olathe, Kansas. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
