Copyright: 95.1P.481 Deer Creek XP Station drawing, 1860
Name/Title
Deer Creek Pony Express Station Site, Wyoming, Photos
Entry/Object ID
P1995.1P.481
Description
Deer Creek Pony Express Station Site, Wyoming, Photos. Photo of drawing of Deer Creek Overland Stage Station and 1959 photo of Deer Creek historical marker. b/w
95.1P.481 = Drawing of fort-style buildings with stage coaches and wagon trains coming and going. Telegraph poles. Caption: "Pony Express Station. Deer Creek Overland Stage Station. (Now Glenrock). artist not identified.
95.1P.481B = Drawing by W.H. Jackson of Deer Creek, Buildings on either side of road. Telegraph line down left side. Wagon train elongated along the road. Stage leaving the station. Men on horseback. Indian tepee with Indians about. Legend : "Deer Creek Station (Wyo.) as artist W. H. Jackson pictured it."
95.1P.482 = Photo of engraved stone historical marker. Close-up. "Site of Deer Creek Stage and Telegraph Station. Built in 1857 by Hiram Kimball, mail carrier from Fort Laramie to Salt Lake City. Telegraph in operation from 1861 to fall of 1867 when it was abandoned. Station was immediately destroyed by Indians. First Christmas in Wyoming celebrated here in 1857."
Also Legend: "Monument marking the site of Deer Creek station in Wyoming. This stage and telegraph station at Glenrock, Wyo. was also used by the Pony Express as a station stop. The present day town was once called Mercedes and in 1887 was named Glenrock in memory of "Rock in the Glen" campground used by pioneer emigrants" dated 5/59
old digital file name: WYDeerCreekStation=WYDeerCreekStation3
Made/Created
Artist
Reynolds, Don
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, Deer Creek Pony Express Station
