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Oatman Flat Station

Coordinates: 33°00′09″N 113°09′18″W / 33.00250°N 113.15500°W / 33.00250; -113.15500
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Oatman Flat Station
Oatman Flat Station
Oatman Flat Station is located in Arizona
Oatman Flat Station
Oatman Flat Station
Location in the state of Arizona
Coordinates: 33°00′09″N 113°09′18″W / 33.00250°N 113.15500°W / 33.00250; -113.15500
CountryUnited States
StateArizona
CountyMaricopa
Elevation502 ft (153 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST (no DST))

Oatman Flat Station, later Fourr's Stage Station, was a stagecoach station of the Butterfield Overland Mail located along the Gila River in Maricopa County, Arizona. The site was located 20 miles (32 km) east of Flap-Jack Ranch and 20 miles (32 km) west of Murderer's Grave Station,[2] near the Gila River at Oatman Flat.[1] It is to the east of the Oatman Grave (33°00′16″N 113°09′21″W / 33.00444°N 113.15583°W / 33.00444; -113.15583), where the family of Olive Oatman was buried following their massacre on the Southern Emigrant Trail by Yavapai in 1851.[3]

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