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Egan Canyon Pony Express Station Site, Nevada, Photo, 1962Entry/Object ID
P1975.2.35Description
Egan Canyon Pony Express Station Site, Nevada, Photo, 1962. Four photos of the route taken by the Pony Express rider from Schell Creek Station to Egan Station. b/w
75.2.35 = Landscape of valley with dirt road traversing in toward mountain range. Legend: "View to westward toward the Egan Range from Schell Creek Station. The Pony Express riders could see ahead for much of the fifteen miles or so across the Steptoe Valley to the next stop which was called Egan Station at the upper end of Egan Canyon. (Arrow indicated canyon) View to west-northwest. Nev., 1962"
75.2.36 = Auto on dirt road through narrow canyon. Legend: "Egan Canyon. Sometimes called "Ambush Canyon" after Pony Express rider Howard Egan foiled an ambush by waiting Indians by rushing through them at full gallop and firing his pistol. View to eastward back towards Schellbourne, Nev, (1962). Sir Richard Burton's 1860 description: 'An uglier place for sharpshooting can hardly be imagined."
75.2.37 = Egan Station Site. Area of rock rubble sorounded by tall sagebrush. Man & woman looking at site, man pointing. Legend: "Mr. Ralph Franks, a local long-time resident of the area, points to all that remains of the Egan Station for the Pony Express. It was located at the top of Egan Canyon. Burton's diary entry of Oct. 5, 1860: 'Egan's station had been reduced to a chimney stock and a few charred posts. The Gosh Yutas had set fire to it two or three days before we arrived.' The view in photo is to the northeastward toward top entrance to canyon." Nev. 1962
75.2.38 = Picket fence surrounding small cemetery, tow men adjusting fence. Legend: "Old cemetery across the trail northward from the site of Egan Station. No names were legible on the wooden markers. Egan Canyon was a rich mining area after Pony Express days. Diggings mark the mountain sides of the area." Nev. 1962
old digital file name: NVEganCanyonSta2-5Lexicon
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Pony Express Station, Egan Pony Express Station, Egan Canyon Pony Express Station, Steptoe ValleyDimensions
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Printsize: 7" x 9¼"
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Photo taken by SJM staff photographer
