Horseshoe Pony Express Station, Wyoming, Photos, 1959

Horseshoe XP Station Site Well, 1961: Copyright: 95.1P.475 Horseshoe XP Station Site Well, 1961
Horseshoe XP Station Site Well, 1961

Copyright: 95.1P.475 Horseshoe XP Station Site Well, 1961

Name/Title

Horseshoe Pony Express Station, Wyoming, Photos, 1959

Entry/Object ID

P1995.1P.475

Description

Horseshoe Pony Express Station, Wyoming, Photos, June, 1959. Two photos of area where Horseshoe Station was located. b/w 95.1P.475 = Man (John Lancaster, Rancher) standing looking down at an old wooden post in front of depression of scraggily dried grass. Legend "Well at site of Horseshoe Pony Express & Stage Station, Wyo." dated 6-59 95.1P.476 = View of well front other side of post from #475. Closeup of post and rock walls of the well. Mr. Lancaster is leaning over toward the well. Legend "Rancher John Lancaster at old well on Horseshoe station site. Horseshoe is said to have been the most pretentious station between Julesburg and Sacramento and was the home of Joseph S. Slade, a division Superintendent. This well is all that remains." dated 5/61 old digital file name: WYHorseshoeStation-WYHorseshoeStation2

Made/Created

Artist

Reynolds, Don

Date made

1959

Place

State/Province

Wyoming

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, Horseshoe Pony Express Station

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Provenance

Notes

Photo taken by SJM staff photographer