Seneca Spring Station, was a stagecoach station of the Butterfield Overland Mail between 1858-1861 in what is now Pima County, Arizona. It was located 35 miles from Tucson, and 24 miles from San Pedro Station. It later became known as Cienega Spring Station, as the original Seneca was corrupted into the similar sounding Spanish word cienega, the language of most of the population of this region of New Mexico Territory, recently annexed from Sonora, by the Gadsden Purchase.
Anhert, Gerald T., Retracing the Butterfield Overland Trail through Arizona; a guide to the route of 1857-1861; Westernlore Press; Tucson AZ; 1973. Anhert, located the site of Seneca Spring Station in the northern quadrant of Pima County, AZ, Township 16S, Range 17E, Section 19
Talbert, Dan: Historical Guide to the Mormon Battalion and Butterfield Trail; Westernlore Press, 1992. Talbert located the site of Seneca Spring Station at the northeast corner of Pima County, AZ, Township 16S, Range 17E, Section 30. Pima County, AZ, Township 16S, Range 17E, Section 30
Site southwest of approximate coordinates 32°01′08.03″N 110°38′46.48″W / 32.0188972°N 110.6462444°W [1]: 101
Anhert, 2011 32°01′08.4″N 110°38′33.72″W / 32.019000°N 110.6427000°W [2]: 47
Wray / OCTA 32°01′12.81″N 110°38′22.59″W / 32.0202250°N 110.6396083°W [1]: 99–102
32°01′08″N 110°38′33″W / 32.01889°N 110.64250°W Asa Mckenzie’s ranch / Gerald T. Ahnert, Way Out West October 23, 2012 at 7:50 am [4]
Asa was the only settler on the immediate route of the Butterfield Trail from the New Mexico border to Tucson. It is listed on page 2 of the 1860 census for Arizona. It is listed under the heading of dwelling 14 and starts from there. It existed during Butterfield’s time therefore contains artifacts of that time. I give an account of this ranch in my new book “The Butterfield Trail and Overland Mail Company in Arizona, 1858-1861, published in April 2011. The account is on page 48 and is from the primary reference from a newspaper article in the Sacramento Daily Union, March 7, 1861.
From THE APACHE PASS DIFFICULTY, Sacramento Daily Union, March 7, 1861, p.1, col.6:
32°01′08.03″N 110°38′46.48″W / 32.0188972°N 110.6462444°W
Category:Former populated places in Pima County, Arizona]] Category:History of Arizona]] Category:San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line]] Category:Butterfield Overland Mail in New Mexico Territory]] Category:Ghost towns in Arizona]] Category:1858 establishments in Arizona]] Category:History of Pima County, Arizona]] Category:American Old West]]
Seneca Spring Station, was a stagecoach station of the Butterfield Overland Mail between 1858-1861 in what is now Pima County, Arizona. It was located 35 miles from Tucson, and 24 miles from San Pedro Station. It later became known as Cienega Spring Station, as the original Seneca was corrupted into the similar sounding Spanish word cienega, the language of most of the population of this region of New Mexico Territory, recently annexed from Sonora, by the Gadsden Purchase.
Anhert, Gerald T., Retracing the Butterfield Overland Trail through Arizona; a guide to the route of 1857-1861; Westernlore Press; Tucson AZ; 1973. Anhert, located the site of Seneca Spring Station in the northern quadrant of Pima County, AZ, Township 16S, Range 17E, Section 19
Talbert, Dan: Historical Guide to the Mormon Battalion and Butterfield Trail; Westernlore Press, 1992. Talbert located the site of Seneca Spring Station at the northeast corner of Pima County, AZ, Township 16S, Range 17E, Section 30. Pima County, AZ, Township 16S, Range 17E, Section 30
Site southwest of approximate coordinates 32°01′08.03″N 110°38′46.48″W / 32.0188972°N 110.6462444°W [1]: 101
Anhert, 2011 32°01′08.4″N 110°38′33.72″W / 32.019000°N 110.6427000°W [2]: 47
Wray / OCTA 32°01′12.81″N 110°38′22.59″W / 32.0202250°N 110.6396083°W [1]: 99–102
32°01′08″N 110°38′33″W / 32.01889°N 110.64250°W Asa Mckenzie’s ranch / Gerald T. Ahnert, Way Out West October 23, 2012 at 7:50 am [4]
Asa was the only settler on the immediate route of the Butterfield Trail from the New Mexico border to Tucson. It is listed on page 2 of the 1860 census for Arizona. It is listed under the heading of dwelling 14 and starts from there. It existed during Butterfield’s time therefore contains artifacts of that time. I give an account of this ranch in my new book “The Butterfield Trail and Overland Mail Company in Arizona, 1858-1861, published in April 2011. The account is on page 48 and is from the primary reference from a newspaper article in the Sacramento Daily Union, March 7, 1861.
From THE APACHE PASS DIFFICULTY, Sacramento Daily Union, March 7, 1861, p.1, col.6:
32°01′08.03″N 110°38′46.48″W / 32.0188972°N 110.6462444°W
Category:Former populated places in Pima County, Arizona]] Category:History of Arizona]] Category:San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line]] Category:Butterfield Overland Mail in New Mexico Territory]] Category:Ghost towns in Arizona]] Category:1858 establishments in Arizona]] Category:History of Pima County, Arizona]] Category:American Old West]]