Butterfield Overland Mail Route Lucian Wood Road Segment

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
Butterfield Overland Mail Route Lucian Wood Road Segment is located in Arkansas
Butterfield Overland Mail Route Lucian Wood Road Segment
Butterfield Overland Mail Route Lucian Wood Road Segment is located in the United States
Butterfield Overland Mail Route Lucian Wood Road Segment
Nearest cityCedarville, Arkansas
Coordinates35°34′19″N 94°21′55″W / 35.57194°N 94.36528°W / 35.57194; -94.36528
Area12 acres (4.9 ha)
Built1858 (1858)
NRHP reference No.09000771[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 29, 2009

The road was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "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.