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Campbell, William and wife, Pony Express Rider, Wedding Anniversary Photo, 1932Entry/Object ID
P1995.1P.46Description
Campbell, William and wife, Pony Express Rider, Wedding Anniversary Photo, 1932. Photo of older man, standing leaning on cane, and older woman, seated, wearing white gown, holding flowers. b/w. Copy made in 1959
Legend: "This photograph is of Mr. and Mrs. William Campbell and was taken on the 62 anniversary of their wedding, Feb. 12, 1932. She is wearing her wedding dress and carrying the identical bunch of orange blossoms that she carried on her wedding day in Nebraska City, Neb.. Mr. Campbell was the last surviving rider of the Pony Express. He rode the relay in the Pony Express from Valley Station, a point about 11 miles east of Fort Kearny to Box Elder Station which was 3 miles west of Cottonwood Springs and Fort McPherson. Mr. Campbell remembered hunting buffalo on the present site of Gothenburg in 1863 at which time he was working as stock tender for the Overland Stage Co. at the Gilman Ranch."
old digital file name: CampbellWm XPRider 2Made/Created
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Notes
Original photo in possession of Mr. Robert Williams of Gothenburg, NE