Butterfield Stage: Xmas Camp-Estrella Rd.
The Butterfield Stage was only in operation from 1858-1861, but the Southern Emigrant Trail across the desert Southwest was in use from Juan Bautista de Anza […]
Month: December 2025
Butterfield Stage Trail Index
The Butterfield Stage Trail is a National Historic Trail that starts in St. Louis, travels various routes across the Southwest, ending 2,795 miles later in […]
Cave Creek Regional Park
Normally, on Christmas Eve, I hike Shaw Butte to visit it’s palo verde Christmas Tree. It’s a good work out hike. But not worth a […]
Butterfield Stage: Enid to Xmas Camp
Any given Old West trail, rather than being a singular track — like, say, Interstate 40 — was a web of routes heading in the […]