Camp Floyd Pony Express Station Site Photos, 1961

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

Camp Floyd Historic Marker, 1961

Name/Title

Camp Floyd Pony Express Station Site Photos, 1961

Entry/Object ID

P1975.2.12

Description

Camp Floyd Pony Express Station Site Photos, 1961. Three photos of Camp Floyd along the Pony Express Route as it appeared in 1961. b/w 75.2.12 = Photo of a broad, treelined street with several wood frame buildings on either side. on back "Fairfield, Utah (Crittenden or Camp Floyd). dated. 6-61. 75.2.13 = Stage Coach Inn, a two story frame building with long porch and deck on upper story, low palisade fence surround. Legend: "Stage Coach Inn at Fairfield, Utah. Built by John Carson an elder in the Mormon Church. The Inn is said to have been "an oasis of decency" in the wild and "hell roaring" army camp town of some 7000 people. It was the first overland stage coach station to the south from Salt Lake City on the Simpson Route to San Francisco, Calif. View to northwest. (Now restored as a museum). The Pony Express Stable ("Camp Floyd") station was a short distance to the north and east of the Inn which is said to have been a stop for the Pony Express riders. 6/611. 75.2.14 = Camp Floyd Historical Marker. Aggregate stone with round, bronze Pony Express Rider disc embedded. Bronze plaque below reads: "Fairfield-Camp Floyd-Fort Crittenden.. In 1855 Fairfield was settled by John Carson, William Carson, David Carson, William Beardshell and John Clegg. A rock fort & rods square was erected in 1856-7. This monument being at the southeast corner, which was the entrance in 1860. The population including soldiers was 7000, this being Utah's third largest city. Camp Floyd, adjoining Fairfield on the south and west, was established, July 4, 1858 by Brvt Brig. Gen. Albert Sidney Johnson and the Utah Expeditionary Forces numbering about 7000 men. Col. Philip St. George Cooke succeeded in command, March 1, 1860, changing the name to Fort Crittenden, February 6, 1861. An overland stage station established in 1859 operated until 1868 and a Pony Express Station from April 3, 1860 to October 25, 1861. The station was 599 feet east and 210 feet north of this point. This monument was built of rocks from the barracks and guard house of Camp Floyd, the Fairfield fort wall, and from ??????" Erected 1939. old digital file name: UTCampFloydStation2-UTCampFloydStation4

Made/Created

Artist

Reynolds, Don

Date made

1961

Place

City

Fairfield

State/Province

Utah

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, Camp Floyd Pony Express Station, Camp Floyd

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: 8½" X 7½"

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Provenance

Notes

Photo taken by SJM staff photographer