This marker commemorates the Butterfield Overland Stage. OF BUTTERFIELD STAGE ROUTE CARRYING FIRST OVERLAND MAIL FROM ST. The Butterfield Stage was an important part of the early history of Springfield. (Compared with the Pony Express, St. Joseph to San Francisco, which cost $5.00 for a letter Personal reminiscences and authentic history of the great Overland Stage Line and Pony Express from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean. : Root, Frank A; Connelley, William Elsey, 1855-1930. Publication date: 1901. PERSONAL REMINISCENCES AND AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF THE GREAT OVERLAND STAGE LINE AND PONY EX- PRESS FROM THE MISSOURI RIVER Personal Reminiscences and Authentic History of the Great Overland Stage Lind and Pony Express from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean. An authentic history from eye-witnesses of the Pony Express and Overland Stage Coach days. Printed and Bound W. Y. Morgan, Topeka (1901). The Overland Stage to California: Personal Reminiscences and Authentic History of the Great Overland Stage Line and Pony Express from the Missouri River to the Pacific Crane & Company, 1901 - Coaching (Transportation) - 630 pages.