Name/Title
Fort Laramie, Wyoming, Photos, 1870Entry/Object ID
P1995.1P.849Description
Fort Laramie, Wyoming, Photos, 1870. Copy of photo taken about 1870 at Fort Laramie. Sutler's store and group of Indians. b/w and sepia.
95.1P.849= Sutler's store, stone building, four entrances shown. Men lounging against store front, Three riders on horseback. Legend: "Old photograph of sutler's Bullock & Ward''s store at Fort Laramie. Date? possibly 1870. This building would have been used by the Pony Express." sepia.
95.1P.850 = Group of three Indians with 5 white men dressed in business suits with vests & hats. Legend: "Group at Fort Laramie. From left to right: Packs His Drum, John Finn, Amos Bettelyoun, W.G. Bullock(seated), Old Man Afraid of His Horses, Benjamin Mills, Red Bear, and James Bordeaux. (James Bordeaux, a French trader and former guide with Jim Bridger, said by pioneer travelers to have been, "short, stout, blustery, and inflated by his transient authority, was keeper of Bordeaux Ranch, the Pony Express Station to the east of Fort Laramie"
old digital file name: WYFtLaramie7-WYFtLaramie8Made/Created
Date made
1870Place
City
Fort LaramieState/Province
WyomingLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Pony expressSearch Terms
Pony Express Station, Bordeaux Ranch Pony Express Station, Fort Laramie, Overland Trail, Oregon Trail, Forts, Oregon-California Trail, Native AmericansDimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: 6½" x 9½"Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Amos BettelyounPerson or Organization
James BordeauxPerson or Organization
W. G. BullockPerson or Organization
John FinnPerson or Organization
Benjamin MillsPerson or Organization
Old Man Afraid of His HorsesPerson or Organization
Packs His DrumPerson or Organization
Red Bear
