Shell Creek Pony Express Station Ruin, Nevada, Photo, 1959

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

Shell Creek XP Station Ruin, NV, 1959

Name/Title

Shell Creek Pony Express Station Ruin, Nevada, Photo, 1959

Entry/Object ID

P1995.1P.835

Description

Shell Creek Pony Express Station Ruin, Nevada, Photo, 1959. Photo of log cabin ruin in midst of sagebrush. Man standing in track in front of cabin. Legend: "According to local legend, this log building at Schellbourne was the Shell or Schell Creek Pony Express Station. It was from Schell Creek station to Deep Creek that Elijah Nicholas Wilson, as a boy, rode in 1860.Nev. 1959)" old digital file name: NVShellCreekSta8

Made/Created

Artist

Reynolds, Don

Date made

1959

Place

State/Province

Nevada

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, Shell Creek Pony Express Station

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Jan 20, 2017

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Wilson, Nicholas

Provenance

Notes

Photo taken by SJM staff photographer