Cold Springs Pony Express Station Site, Nebraska, Photos, 1959

Cold Springs XP Station Site, Sod House ruin, 1959: Copyright: 95.1P.394 Cold Spgs XP Station Site, Sod House ruin, 1959
Cold Springs XP Station Site, Sod House ruin, 1959

Copyright: 95.1P.394 Cold Spgs XP Station Site, Sod House ruin, 1959

Name/Title

Cold Springs Pony Express Station Site, Nebraska, Photos, 1959

Entry/Object ID

P1995.1P.394

Description

Cold Springs Pony Express Station Site, Nebraska, Photos, May, 1959. Four photos of the area where the Cold Springs Station was located, now a grass land. b/w 95.1P.394 = Two men standing in grassy field. a sunken circle at their feet barely visible. Legend : "Sod house ruin at Cold Springs Station Site." 95.1P.395 = Two men standing in grassy field on either side of slightly raised hump. Legend: Cold Springs Station Site. View to N.W. Mound is the ruins of small sod building." Also: "Cold Springs Station site. (Southwest of North Platte, Nebraska). Mr. Warren Doolittle and Paul Jenkins, Nebraska historians, stand on a mound that was once a sod building. Remains of sod corrals could also be seen at this station site. View to northwest toward South Platte River (Line of trees). 5/59" 95.1P.396 = Three men, center one with tripod, standing in grassy field, line of trees in background. Man on right and left standing on raised hump. Legend: "Cold Springs Station Site. View to S.W. Ruin of sod house at right. Corral fence ridge at left. 5-59." 95.1P.397 = Two men standing in grassy field, Dirt hill in background. Legend: "Cold Springs Station Site. View to N.W. Located S.W. of North Platte, Nebr. on property of Warren Doolittle. Figures indicate extent of corral. 5-59." old digital file names: NE-ColdSpgsStation-NE-ColdSpgsStation4

Made/Created

Artist

Reynolds, Don

Date made

1959

Place

State/Province

Nebraska

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, Cold Springs Pony Express Station

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Warren Doolittle

Provenance

Notes

Photos taken by SJM staff photographer