John Warren Butterfield
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1801 – 1869
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Who was John Warren Butterfield?
John Warren Butterfield was an operator of stagecoach and freight lines in the mid-19th century in the American Northeast and Southwest. He founded companies that became American Express and Wells Fargo. Butterfield also founded the Butterfield Overland Express and from 1858 to 1861 operated a stage route running from St. Louis to San Francisco, establishing an important connection between the new state of California and the government and economy of the contiguous eastern states.
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- Born
- 1801
Berne - Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Nov 14, 1869
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on July 23, 2013
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