Editing Tipton, Missouri (section)

==History==
Tipton was a predominantly [[German Americans|German-American]] community, in the region known as the [[Missouri Rhineland|Missouri Weinstrasse]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bellevuereporter.com/life/david-koechner-underneath-the-cowboy-hat-and-outside-the-office/|title=David Koechner {{!}} Underneath the cowboy hat and outside 'The Office'|last=Nomura|first=Gabrielle|date=2011-03-29|website=Bellevue Reporter|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-15}}</ref> Tipton was an eastern terminus of the [[Butterfield Overland Mail]] when it was launched in 1858. The route was connected to [[St. Louis]] by the [[Pacific Railroad]]. Tipton is named for William Tipton Seely, a businessman in nearby Round Hill. He received the land for his service in the [[War of 1812]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tiptonmo.com/history/founding.htm |title=The Founding of Tipton |website=www.tiptonmo.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991112030132/http://www.tiptonmo.com/history/founding.htm |archive-date=1999-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ | title=How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | author=Eaton, David Wolfe | year=1917 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ/page/n106 333]}}</ref> From Tipton, a stage went to [[Fort Smith, Arkansas]] (where another branch from [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] also entered). From there, it went on to [[Los Angeles]] and [[San Francisco]] via a route through southern [[Arizona]] and [[New Mexico]]. The first run went from Tipton to San Francisco from September 16 to October 10, 1858. The route antedated the [[Pony Express]] by two years. 
The route was designated a [[national historic trail]] in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=S.3519 - Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail Designation Act |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3519/text |website=Congress.gov}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tiptonmo.com/history/butterfield.htm |title=Butterfield Overland Mail |website=www.tiptonmo.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991118133905/http://www.tiptonmo.com/history/butterfield.htm |archive-date=1999-11-18}}</ref>
The [[Maclay Mansion]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1979.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>