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Eight Mile (Prairie Gate) Pony Express Station Site Photos, 1962Entry/Object ID
P1975.2.28Description
Eight Mile (Prairie Gate) Pony Express Station Site Photos, 1962. Two photos of the remaining hearth of the station and a view of the landscape where it sat. b/w
75.2.28 Photo of stone fireplace hearth, the only remains of Eight Mile Station. Two women, Mr. Leola Steele (l) and Maude Reynolds (r) stand on either side. The station sat on what is now the Goshute Indian Reservation. In 1962 is was on the Steele Ranch.
Legend: "Mrs. Leola Steele (Goshute) showed us all that remains of what was once Eight-Mile Station--the fireplace. Prairie Gate Station, as a stage stop after Nevada statehood in 1864, was called Eight Mile since it was about that distance into the state from Utah. " Nev. 5/62"
75.2.29 = Landscape of sagebrush with oasis of trees in distance at end of dirt road. Legend: "View westward along the Pony Express route towards Prairie Gate of Eight-Mile Station site (in trees) on the Goshute Indian Reservation. 'Overland Mail coach, with four passengers, was attacked by Indians at Eight-Mile Station...The station men were killed, also Henry Harper, the driver, and one passenger wounded. Judge Mott, delegate to Congress from Nevada, climbed out of the stage, got the lines and made their escape to Deep Creek--Mar. 22, 1863. ( Maj. Howard Egan's Diary). Nev. 5/62
old digital file name: NVEightMileSta-NVEightMileSta2Lexicon
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Pony expressSearch Terms
Pony Express Station, Eight Mile Pony Express Station, Prairie Gate Pony Express Station, Indian raid on Pony ExpressDimensions
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Printsize: 6 1/8" X 9.3/8"Provenance
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Photo taken by SJM staff photographer
