Name/Title
Fort McPherson Hospital Building & Wagon Ruts on Jacox Ranch, Photo, 1959Entry/Object ID
P1995.1P.390Description
Fort McPherson Hospital Building & Wagon Ruts on Jacox Ranch, Photo, May, 1959. Two photos of historic structure on family ranch west of Gothenburg, NE. b/w
95.1P.390 = Man on ladder leaning against story & one-half wood frame structure, repairing board. Two men below examining an object.
Legend: "Fort McPherson Hospital Building. Once located at Fort McPherson, sold as surplus when Fort was discontinued, and now located on the Jacox Family Ranch west of Gothenburg, Nebr. Here, members of the 1959 Oregon Trail Wagon Caravan examine old army requisition forms that were used between boxing and siding for insulation."
95.1P.391 = Two men standing along either side of swale in grassland, pointing west. Legend on back: "Overland Trail ruts in virgin sod of Jacox Ranch, Gothenburg, Neb. Roy. E. Coy, and Paul Jenkins of Gothenburg."
old digital file name: NE-CottonwoodSpgsStation4&5Lexicon
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Pony expressSearch Terms
Pony Express Station, Jacox Ranch, Oregon Trail, Forts, Fort McPhersonRelationships
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Coy, Roy E.Provenance
Notes
Photo taken by SJM staff photographer
