Soda Butte, Wyoming

September 6, 1877 - Soldiers begin moving up Soda Butte Canyon

Soda Butte is a travertine (calcium carbonate) mound that was formed more than a century ago by hot springs. When the U.S. Army passed by this feature in 1877, ...

Butterfield Stage Route

This tablet marks a part of the

Butterfield Stage Route

from St. Louis to San Francisco

1857 – 1860

Marker is at the intersection of College Avenue (U.S. 71) and Center Street, on the right when traveling north on College Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Butte

Labeled the “the richest hill on earth,” Butte, is home to the copper mines that helped build industrial America. In early 1870, the city of Butte got its start as a rough mining camp in southwestern Montana territory.

The discovery ...

National Historic Landmark - Butte-Anaconda Historic District

The American Labor History Theme Study, completed in 2003, identified Butte as one of 16 sites that warranted further evaluation as an NHL for its association with labor history. The Butte-Anaconda district represents several themes discussed in the theme study, ...

National Historic Landmark-Bear Butte

National Historic Landmark- Bear Butte

Sacred to the Cheyenne, Bear Butte is the place where Maheo imparted to Sweet Medicine (a mythical hero) the knowledge from which the Cheyenne derive their religious, political, social, and economic customs.

The site is ...

General Daniel Butterfield Statue

Sakura Park

Daniel Butterfield (1831-1901) was born October 31, 1831. His father John was a leader in the express mail business, and helped found the American Express Company. Butterfield graduated from Union College in 1849, and became a merchant in ...

Butterfield Overland Stage

On September 16, 1857, John Butterfield, a New Yorker, received a contract with the U.S. Post Office Department to establish reliable transportation between Missouri and San Francisco.

As a young man he joined with Henry Wells and William Fargo to ...

Buttermilk Falls

At the foot of this lane

at Buttermilk Falls, was

the Headquarters of General

Israel Putnam, Commander

in the Highlands 1779

Marker is at the intersection of West Point Hwy and Webb Lane, on the right when traveling north on ...

El Paso International Airport / The Butterfield Trail / Refinery

[Left:]

El Paso International Airport

One of the nation's finest and busiest major airports and general aviation centers, dedicated in 1928. Elevation is 3,936 feet with a total area of 3,878 acres and tremendous runways measuring up to 12,000 feet. Strict liaison ...

Butterfield/Jansen Building

[Early History; Corner Site Only]

1859: Charles Lincoln Wilson buys this site, previously patented by Theodore Judah.

1861: C.L. Wilson erects a wooden warehouse to serve railway terminal across 5th street.

1863: Used often as a community hall, “Roods Hall.” Roods was Wilson’s ...