Fish Springs Pony Express Station Site, Utah, Photos, 1959

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

Fish Springs Pony Express Station, 1930

Name/Title

Fish Springs Pony Express Station Site, Utah, Photos, 1959

Entry/Object ID

P1995.1P.538

Description

Fish Springs Pony Express Station Site, Utah, Photos, May, 1959. Three photos. One of the marker at the site of Fish Springs station and one of a wood frame building with lean-to with Pony Express plaque on the side. A third is rock ruin of building, taken in 1930. b/w 95.1P.538 = Tall aggregate stone marker place in desert scene, gravel road in front. on back "Fish Springs Station, Utah, 5-59" Legend : "Fish Springs Station in the Great Salt Lake Desert. It was next after Black Rock station and small perch-like fish in sulphurous tasting springs gave this Pony Express stop its name. Utah, 1959" 95.1P.539 = Wood frame building with lean-to on right. Enamel Pony Express plaque on front of building. on back: "Fish Springs Station ? Utah. 5-59" 95.1P.873 = Single story stone building in ruin, sod roof. Legend: "Fish Springs Station in Utah as it appeared in 1930, still with a sod roof". Photograph by Charles Kelly. old digital file name: UTFishSpgsStation-UTFishSpgsStation3

Made/Created

Artist

Reynolds, Don

Date made

1959

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

Search Terms

Pony Express Station, Fish Springs Pony Express Station

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Provenance

Notes

Photo taken by SJM staff photographer & one photo by Charles Kelly--taken from the book "Pony Express--the Great Gamble." by Bloss.