Copyright: 2020.1.319 Kennekuk PX Station, c. 1916
Name/Title
Kennekuk Pony Express Station, Photo, c. 1916
Entry/Object ID
P2020.1.319
Description
Kennekuk Pony Express Station, Photo, c. 1916. b/w. Digital file of photo of the Kennekuk Pony Express station in ruined state. 2-story frame structure, well in yard,, sitting in grassy field.
Caption: " Old Hotel and Pony Express Well. Kennekuk, Kansas Hotel housed Post Office and generally thought to be the Pony Express Station. Well is where rider watered his horse. (Courtesy of Dr. Julies A. Bourquin from original taken October, 1916.)
At the time of the Pony Express there was much activity at this spot near which the Leavenworth to Fort Kearney Military road joined the St. Jo Road. The Pony Express stop is thought to have been adjacent to the Baldwin House. Major Royal Baldwin was the Kickapoo tribe's Indian Agent. (Kennekuk is south of Horton, Kan.)"
Made/Created
Artist
Reynolds, Don
Date made
1959
Place
City
Horton
State/Province
Kansas
Lexicon
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Pony express
Search Terms
Pony Express Station, Kennekuk Pony Express Station
