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Widow Smith's Station

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Widow Smith's Station, also known as Major Gordon's Station and Clayton's Station, was a stagecoach station of the Butterfield Overland Mail 1st Division from 1858 to 1861 in southern California.

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Widow Smith's Station
San Francisquito Canyon Road,

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N 34.6143 ° E -118.4274 °
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San Francisquito Canyon Road 38893
91390
California, United States
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