The Butterfield Overland Dispatch

Wild West Podcast

Wild West Podcast
The Butterfield Overland Dispatch
Sep 23, 2020
Michael King/Brad Smalley

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Wild West Podcast proudly presents part two of the “Early Kansas Trails.” Kansas probably has more frontier trails than any other state, being the jumping-off point during westward expansion. In addition to the emigrant trails to the West, including the Santa Fe Trails, Smoky Hill Trail, and the Cannon Ball Stagecoach Road. Kansas also provided several military trails that connected the many Forts. One such trail was the Butterfield Overland Dispatch established in 1865. 

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