Muddy Pony Express Station Photo, c. 1860. Fuzzy photo of log home and corral built in front of hillside. Livestock in pen, wagon beds about.
Legend on back:
"Looking south at the old Muddy Creek Overland & Pony Express Station. Built by Moses Byrne. 12 miles west of Fort Bridger on the Overland and Pioneer Trail. Taken between years of 1860 to 1868. Notice the tired oxen in corral. Also large pile of firewood at extreme left.
old digital file name: WYMuddyStation3.
Made/Created
Artist
unknown
Date made
1860
Place
State/Province
Wyoming
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, Photographic
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Pony express
Search Terms
Pony Express Station, Muddy Creek Pony Express Station
Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: 6" X 9½"
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
Maintenance
Maintenance History
Date
Jan 14, 2017
Provenance
Notes
Photo provided by Charles Guild, Evanston, WY. whose grandfather lived here from 1866 to 1868
