The Butterfield Overland Mail Route Lucian Wood Road Segment is a historic stretch of road in Crawford County, Arkansas. It is a 3-mile (4.8 km) segment of Lucian Wood Road, extending northward from a junction with Armer Lane in Cedarville. This road section appears to closely follow the original alignment of the main road in the region in 1839, which connected Fayetteville and Van Buren. This road was used by the Butterfield Overland Mail service between 1858 and 1861, along what was described as one that route's roughest sections. It is now an improved and graded gravel roadway about 12 feet (3.7 m) wide, with several deeply-cut sections.[2]
Butterfield Overland Mail Route Lucian Wood Road Segment | |
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| Nearest city | Cedarville, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 35°34′19″N 94°21′55″W / 35.57194°N 94.36528°W |
| Area | 12 acres (4.9 ha) |
| Built | 1858 |
| NRHP reference No. | 09000771[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 29, 2009 |
The road was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Butterfield Overland Mail Route Lee Creek Road Segment" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
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