Guidebook
NO. 647 BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND MAIL ROUTE - This pass, Puerta, between the desert and the cooler valleys to the north, was used by the Mormon Battalion, Kearny's Army of the West, the Butterfield Overland Mail stages, and emigrants who eventually settled the West. The eroded scar on the left was the route of the Butterfield stages, 1858-1861. The road on the right served as a county road until recent years.
Location
Blair Valley, 0.5 Miles Eastof County Road S2 (Milepost 23.0), 5.8 Miles South of Highway 78
Open Map
NO. 647 BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND MAIL ROUTE - State Street Sign
NO. 647 BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND MAIL ROUTE - State Marker
NO. 647 BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND MAIL ROUTE - State Plaque
NO. 647 BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND MAIL ROUTE - Looking down
NO. 647 BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND MAIL ROUTE - Map
We approached the landmark from the north side. BIG mistake!