Butterfield Overland Mail
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Waterman L. Ormsby, the correspondent for the New York Herald, a passenger on the first stagecoach going west in September 1858, wrote in his reports of Marquis L.

Butterfield Overland Mail

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Table Section Text: Waterman L. Ormsby, the correspondent for the New York Herald, a passenger on the first stagecoach going west in September 1858, wrote in his reports of Marquis L.

Division	Route	Miles	Hours

Division 1	San Francisco to Los Angeles	462	80

Division 2	Los Angeles to Fort Yuma	282	72.20

Division 3	Fort Yuma to Tucson	280	71.45

Division 4	Tucson to Franklin	360	82

Division 5	Franklin to Fort Chadbourne	458	126.30

Division 6	Fort Chadbourne to Colbert's Ferry	282½	65.25

Division 7	Colbert's Ferry to Fort Smith	192	38

Division 8	Fort Smith to Tipton	318½	48.55

Division 9	Tipton to St. Louis by railroad	160	11.40

Totals	2,795	596.35

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The Butterfield Overland Mail´s San Francisco to Los Angeles section is 462-mile.

final_sentence: The Butterfield Overland Mail´s San Francisco to Los Angeles section is 462-mile.