Fort Churchill Pony Express Station Ruin, Nevada, Photos, 1959

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

Fort Churchill Telegraph Bldg & XP stop, NV, 1959

Name/Title

Fort Churchill Pony Express Station Ruin, Nevada, Photos, 1959

Entry/Object ID

P1995.1P.560

Description

Fort Churchill Pony Express Station Ruin, Nevada, Photos, 1959. Two photos of ruins of adobe walled buildings that made up Fort Churchill in the desert of Nevada, built in 1860 to protect the Overland and Pony Express routes. b/w. 95.1P.560 = Man standing in front of one of the adobe ruins. The structure is amazingly intact without roof. Legend: "Adobe telegraph building is pointed out by caretaker, John Wall, as a Pony Express stop where mail might have been left for the fort." Nev. 1959 95.1P.561 = Scattered ruins of five adobe buildings, pattern generally in a rectangle, situated in sagebrush desert landscape. Legend: "Fort Churchill, Nev. was established near Buckland's Ranch Station in 1860 to control the Indians and protect the Overland and Pony Express line. Work began on July 20, 1860. The Pony Express station was just northwest of the fort." Nev. 1959. b/w 6½" x 9½" old digital file name: NVFtChurchillSta-NVFtChurchillSta2.

Made/Created

Artist

Reynolds, Don

Date made

1959

Place

State/Province

Nevada

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, Fort Churchill, Buckland's Ranch Pony Express Station

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Provenance

Notes

Photo taken by SJM staff photographer