The old Ox cart and Stage line used the same trail from Ft. Totten to Fort Seward. This line was established 1871 but not surveyed before 1881. The Government mail which had previously been carried over the East route was now transferred to the shorter stage line which passed through Eddy county from north to south.
Beginning where it passes from Foster County and proceeding to the north: Sections 31 of township 148‑63
Sections 36, 25, 35, 26, 23, 14, 12, 1 of township 148‑64
Sections 32, 29, 20, 19, 18, 7, 6, of township 149‑64 and Sections 36, 35, 34, 27, 15, 10, 3 of township 150-64.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 396