Yuma, A. T., to Mesilla, N. M.—Overland Road and Stations of the S. P. O. M. S. Line.

	Miles.
Yuma, A. T.*
Desconso	14	14
Gila City	8	22
Rattlesnake	7	29
Mission Camp [1]	3	32
Filibuster	12	44
Antelope Peak	6	50
Mohawk [2]	16	66
Teamster’s Camp [3]	20	86
Stanwix*	20	96
Burke’s [4]	12	108
Oatman Flat [5]	10	118
Gila Bend [6]	30	148
Maricopa Wells* [7]	43	191
Pima Villages [8]	12	203
Sweet Water.	7	209
Sacaton.	6	215
Montezuma.	10	225
Sanford [9]	8	233
Florence* [10]	4	237
Desert Wells	36	273
Point of Mountain	9	282
Water Holes	9	291
Tucson* [11]	9	300
Cienega [12]	30	330
Tres Alimos [13]	20	350
Steel’s Ranch [14]	40	390
Apache Pass* (Camp Bowie) [15]	35	425
Ralston, New Mexico	50	475
Knight’s Ranch, New Mexico	25	500
Silver City, ” [16]	25	525
Fort Bayard, ”	10	535
Rio Membres, ”	40	565
Fort Cummings* ”	20	585
Slocum’s, ”	30	615
Mesilla, ” [17]	15	645

* Telegraph Offices.
At all stations, wood, water, and grass, or other feed, are to be found. At most of them, a small store is also kept. Meals and lodgings can be obtained.
[1] At Mission Camp, there is a road south and west, to the old Papago country, via Cabaza Prieto.
[2] From Mohawk is a road due south to the same region.
[3] Five miles east of Teamster Camp is a route south to the Ajo Copper Mines, and then southwest to Sonora.
[4] At Burke’s is a road south to the same point.
[5] At Painted Rock, north of and near this station, a road to Phœnix comes in.
[6] Near Gila Bend, a road diverges south, through the old Papago country, to old mines and deserted Indian villages.
[7] At Maricopa Wells, roads north and south diverge direct to Tucson, the Papagonia, to Phœnix, Camps McDowell, Verde, and Apache.
[8] At Pima Villages, a road diverges north, passing through the Maricopa village (Indians, 800). There are 5,000 Pima Indians, living in ten large and several small villages, between this station and Montezuma. There is also a road directly south from Pima.
[9] Road south to Desert Wells.
[10] From Florence, regular stages leave for Silver City, Pioneer District; Globe City, Globe District; San Carlos, and Camp Apache; also, to Hayden, East Phœnix, Phœnix, Wickenburg, and Prescott. There is a direct road to old Camp Grant, east, and thence to the San Pablo Valley and Arivipa settlements.
[11] At Tucson, the highway to Mexico, via the valley of the Santa Cruz, diverges west. Stages leave for Guaymas.
[12] Near Cienega, a road diverges to Davidson’s, the Santa Rita placers, old Camps Crittenden and Wallen, the Pategonias, and the old Presidio San Pedro (U. S. Camp Huachuca).
[13] At Tres Alimos, there is a road north and up the San Pedro Valley to San Carlos, the Globe District, and Camp Apache.
[14] There are roads north and south at this point to Camp Grant and the old Chiricahua Reservation, now abandoned, and thence, by trails, etc., to Sulphur Springs Valley, Dragoon Mountains, etc.
[15] There is a road north direct to Safford, on the Gila.
[16] Stages here for the most southerly station, via Santa Fé, on the Denver & Rio Grande N. G. R. R.; thence east, via Colorado and Kansas railroads.
[17] At Mesilla, the overland stages connect with branch to El Paso, Fort Worth, etc., Texas.