Telegram commemorating the centennial of Butterfield’s overland mail

Dwight David Eisenhower, American, 1890 - 1969 · August 8, 1958

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent this Western Union telegram to Vernon H. Brown on August 8, 1958. Eisenhower congratulates Brown on the celebration of the centennial of John Butterfield’s overland mail service. Butterfield service actually began on September 15, 1858. It was the first mail service to connect the U.S. east and west coasts. Brown was the national coordinator of the Butterfield overland mail centennial.