The Historic Butterfield Overland Trail in Arizona

[Stepmurr]

Arizona State Land Department​

January 24 at 1:01 PM ·
Historian Gerald Ahnert, UofA student Mary Todd, with assistance from our own Jenna Leveille (AZ Deputy State Cartographer) & Helen Erickson (UofA), have been collaborating on the development of a story map history of the #ButterfieldTrail.

The Historic Butterfield Overland Trail in Arizona

Take a journey on the Butterfield Overland Trail and learn how the trail influenced the cultural landscape of the area now known as Arizona.

storymaps.arcgis.com

 

[RHINO]

ive actually driven quite a bit of it, well whats available to drive, still lots left to see out there, remnants of the stops, remnants of tried-to-be-towns, masacre sites, you name it.

 

[muttsinapig]

Arizona State Land Department​

January 24 at 1:01 PM ·
Historian Gerald Ahnert, UofA student Mary Todd, with assistance from our own Jenna Leveille (AZ Deputy State Cartographer) & Helen Erickson (UofA), have been collaborating on the development of a story map history of the #ButterfieldTrail.

The Historic Butterfield Overland Trail in Arizona

Take a journey on the Butterfield Overland Trail and learn how the trail influenced the cultural landscape of the area now known as Arizona.

storymaps.arcgis.com

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[muttsinapig]

That is super cool – – thank you for posting.

 

[sjpitts]

My great great great grandfather traveled that trail in 1846/47-- or at least parts of it---all the way to San Diego. I have hiked a small section of it that is now in one of the monuments. I would like to see more of it.

Jared

 

[TWILLY]

Very interesting. Old maps - what's included, what's not included, the evolution of place and river names - are fascinating to look at.