Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail PASSENGER DIARIES & STORIES Across Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri 1858 - 1861

Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail PASSENGER DIARIES & STORIES Across Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri 1858 - 1861

On the Butterfield National Historic Trail, the Overland Mail Company stagecoaches rolled across Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri one hundred and sixty five years ago as they connected with San Francisco. Now that the route is a National Historic Trail, it seems appropriate to remember what that experience was like for passengers. The following pages contain reminiscences of first person observers in their own words.In most chapters below I have attempted to only include portions of each original document that focus on passage through Missouri, Arkansas and the Indian Territory. Dr. Bob Crossman graduated from Russellville High School 50 years ago, and has lived Conway the past 35 years. His wife, Marcia Swain, is a native of Morrilton. They will celebrate their 52nd anniversary this year.Bob is the author of seven books on the Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail.He has thirteen books that are now in print, and has sold over 35,000 copies of his books on Amazon and through dozens of other booksellers.He is a member of the Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail Association, Oregon California Trails Association, Arkansas Historical Association, Faulkner County Historical Society, and the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.Dr. Crossman received a B.A. from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, and received graduate and post-graduate degrees from SMU in Dallas, Texas.