Apache Pass Station
In 1858, the Butterfield Overland Mail (stage) Company began service between Saint Louis, Missouri and San Francisco, California using a bow-shaped route down through Texas and the New Mexico Territory and on into southern California. They built a stone station on the eastern side of Apache Pass where they could utilize the water from the spring (perhaps the only station on the entire route that was made from such durable material, a possible acknowledgement of the danger they felt from the locals). It is likely that Cochise provided them with firewood when he was in the area.
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