Dr. Robert O. “Bob” Crossman has lived in Faulkner County since 1988, when he and his wife established Crossman Printing near downtown Conway’s Toad Suck Square. He is a member of The Butterfield National Historic Trail Association, Faulkner County Historical Society, Arkansas Historical Association, Southern Trails Chapter of the Oregon-California Trails Association, Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, and Old Colony History Museum. After graduating from Russellville High School, Dr. Crossman received a B.A. from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, and received graduate and post-graduate degrees from SMU in Dallas, Texas. –––––––––––––––––He is the author of six books on the Butterfield:• Butterfield’s Overland Mail Co. Stagecoach Trail Across Arkansas• Butterfield’s Overland Mail Co. Use of STEAMBOATS Across Arkansas• Butterfield’s Overland Mail Co. as REPORTED in the Newspapers of Arkansas• Postal History of John Butterfield’s Overland Mail Co. on the Southern & Central Routes including Butterfield’s Pony Express• Butterfield National Historic Trail PASSENGER DIARIES & STORIES Across Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri; and• The Butterfield National Historic Trail Across Faulkner County, ArkansasDr. Crossman also authored several Butterfield articles including: • “The Butterfield Overland Mail Company: Faulkner County Connection,” Faulkner County Facts & Fiddlings, Fall 2021, p. 24-32.• “Fort Smith’s Connection to the Butterfield’s Overland Mail Co.: Stations Between Memphis and Fort Smith,” Fort Smith Historical Society Journal, Fall 2021, p. 25-43. • “I Lived on The Butterfield Mail Route for Decades and Didn’t Know It,” The American Philatelist, Jan. 2023, p. 17-31.• “Faulkner County and Butterfield’s Overland Mail Company Stagecoach Route,” Faulkner County Facts & Fiddlings, Spring 2024.Read more about this authorRead less about this author