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Re: Cabell's Camp at Ozark AR - thanks

Ed-
Do you know the dates & background info on that stage station operation? How far was it north of Ozark? I'd be very interested in hearing about it.

Butterfield route ran south of the river from Ozark 1858-1861; 1861 through Reconstruction, mail and coach service in the area was "spotty" at best. By 1871 the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad had the main postal route from Memphis to Ozark and was complete to Van Buren / Ft Smith 1872, but stages continued as well where the railroad had no service. Quite possible that it served a Potts or Chidester & Reeside local line pre-war or as part of reconstructed mail service 1866 onward. Also possible that your family's station served communities surrounding Ozark as part of the "Star Route" regional systems post-Civil-War (call it 1871 - 1881 or so.)

Stagecoaches ran local / regional postal routes in parts of the U.S. into the early 20th century. Indians, Civil War, railroads and outlaws didn't make stagecoaches obsolete -- Henry Ford did. FWIW - The last stagecoach route in the U.S. (Tucson - Chandler AZ) shut down toward the end of World War One.

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