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'''Socatoon Station''', was a stagecoach station of the [[Butterfield Overland Mail]] between 1858-1861. It was located four miles east of [[Sacaton (village)|Sacaton]] a Maricopa village from which it took its name.<ref>[http://www.griccrmp.com/PDF%20Files/Peoples%20of%20the%20Middle%20Gila.pdf John P. Wilson, Peoples of the Middle Gila: A Documentary History of the Pimas and Maricopas, 1500's - 1945, Researched and Written for the Gila River Indian Community, Sacaton, Arizona, 1998 (revised July 1999) Report No. 77, Las Cruces, New Mexico, p.137]</ref> This station was located 22 miles east of [[Maricopa Wells, Arizona|Maricopa Wells Station]] and 11 miles east of [[Casa Blanca, Arizona|Casa Blanca Station]] and 13 miles north of [[Oneida Station]].<ref name="War of the Rebellion">[http://www.simmonsgames.com/research/authors/USWarDept/ORA/OR-S1-V50-P1-C062C.html THE WAR OF THE REBELLION: A COMPILATION OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES. CHAPTER LXII. OPERATIONS ON THE PACIFIC COAST. JANUARY 1, 1861–JUNE 30, 1865. PART I., CORRESPONDENCE., pp.1017-1018, Distances from Los Angeles, Cal., eastward to Mesilla, NM Territory]</ref>
'''Socatoon Station''', was a stagecoach station of the [[Butterfield Overland Mail]] between 1858-1861. It was located four miles east of [[Sacaton (village)|Sacaton]] a Maricopa village from which it took its name.<ref>[http://www.griccrmp.com/PDF%20Files/Peoples%20of%20the%20Middle%20Gila.pdf John P. Wilson, Peoples of the Middle Gila: A Documentary History of the Pimas and Maricopas, 1500's - 1945, Researched and Written for the Gila River Indian Community, Sacaton, Arizona, 1998 (revised July 1999) Report No. 77, Las Cruces, New Mexico, p.137]</ref> This station was located 22 miles east of [[Maricopa Wells, Arizona|Maricopa Wells Station]] and 11 miles east of [[Casa Blanca, Arizona|Casa Blanca Station]] and 13 miles north of [[Oneida Station]].<ref name="War of the Rebellion">[http://www.simmonsgames.com/research/authors/USWarDept/ORA/OR-S1-V50-P1-C062C.html THE WAR OF THE REBELLION: A COMPILATION OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES. CHAPTER LXII. OPERATIONS ON THE PACIFIC COAST. JANUARY 1, 1861–JUNE 30, 1865. PART I., CORRESPONDENCE., pp.1017-1018, Distances from Los Angeles, Cal., eastward to Mesilla, NM Territory]</ref>


The location of the station was on the route of the [[Southern Immigrant Trail]] at the first camp on the Gila River after crossing the desert from [[Tucson]]. It was a stopping place for the [[San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line]] in 1857-58 before becoming the site of a Butterfield station.<ref>[http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123765/m1/147/ Table of distances from Texas Almanac, 1859], Book, ca. 1859; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123765/ accessed November 12, 2013), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association, Denton, Texas</ref> After the Civil War, it was again used as a stage station by other stage lines.
The location of the station was on the route of the [[Southern Emigrant Trail]] at the first camp on the Gila River after crossing the desert from [[Tucson]]. It was a stopping place for the [[San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line]] in 1857-58 before becoming the site of a Butterfield station.<ref>[http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123765/m1/147/ Table of distances from Texas Almanac, 1859], Book, ca. 1859; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123765/ accessed November 12, 2013), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association, Denton, Texas</ref> After the Civil War, it was again used as a stage station by other stage lines.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 23:58, 7 June 2015

Socatoon Station, was a stagecoach station of the Butterfield Overland Mail between 1858-1861. It was located four miles east of Sacaton a Maricopa village from which it took its name.[1] This station was located 22 miles east of Maricopa Wells Station and 11 miles east of Casa Blanca Station and 13 miles north of Oneida Station.[2]

The location of the station was on the route of the Southern Emigrant Trail at the first camp on the Gila River after crossing the desert from Tucson. It was a stopping place for the San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line in 1857-58 before becoming the site of a Butterfield station.[3] After the Civil War, it was again used as a stage station by other stage lines.

References

  1. ^ John P. Wilson, Peoples of the Middle Gila: A Documentary History of the Pimas and Maricopas, 1500's - 1945, Researched and Written for the Gila River Indian Community, Sacaton, Arizona, 1998 (revised July 1999) Report No. 77, Las Cruces, New Mexico, p.137
  2. ^ THE WAR OF THE REBELLION: A COMPILATION OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES. CHAPTER LXII. OPERATIONS ON THE PACIFIC COAST. JANUARY 1, 1861–JUNE 30, 1865. PART I., CORRESPONDENCE., pp.1017-1018, Distances from Los Angeles, Cal., eastward to Mesilla, NM Territory
  3. ^ Table of distances from Texas Almanac, 1859, Book, ca. 1859; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123765/ accessed November 12, 2013), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association, Denton, Texas


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