Echo Canyon Pony Express Station, Utah, Photo, c. 1860
Entry/Object ID
P1975.3.3
Description
Echo Canyon Pony Express Station, Utah, Photo, c. 1860. Photo of log cabin built against a hillside, man with a number of horses in the yard.
Legend: "Echo Station (Head of Echo Canyon Station) Also sometimes known as Castle Rock Station because of the cliff formations near it. It was just a mile or so below where the Overland Trails entered the Echo Canyon. This old photograph of the stage and Pony Express station courtesy of Mr. Charles Guild of Evanston, Wyo. (Note what appears to be a post of the first overland telegraph line to the West Coast) It is not know whether the five people in the photograph are pioneer travelers or possible the station keeper's family. Photographer and date of photograph are unknown."
old digital file name: UTEchoCanyonStation5.
Made/Created
Artist
unknown
Date made
1860
Place
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, Telegraph
Search Terms
Pony Express Station, Echo Canyon Pony Express Station, Castle Rock Pony Express Station
Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: 9¼" X 9½"
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
Provenance
Notes
Copy of photo courtesy of Charles Guild, Evanston, WY
