Name/Title
Midway Pony Express Station Photos, 1892 & 1959Entry/Object ID
P1995.1P.429Description
Midway Pony Express Station Photos, 1892 & May, 1959. Nine photos of the Pony Express marker, Midway Station log cabin, and artifacts on the Lower '96' Ranch owned by Bob Williams, S,E, of Gothenburg, Nebraska. b/w
95.1P.429 = Identical to 95.1P.381. Close-up of round, bronze Pony Express Rider plaque, with rectangular bronze text plaque below, affixed to the Mettache Station in Ehmen Park in Gothenburg. Plaque sculpture by Proctor. b/w
Legend: "Original Pony Express Station, 1854. Erected on the Oregon Trail four miles east of Fort McPherson, Lincoln County, Nebraska, and used as fur trading post and ranch house . 1860-61 Used as Pony Express Station; 1862-1931, Used as Overland Trail Stage Station, dwelling & bunk house and storage house on Upper "96" Ranch. 1931 Donated by Mrs.. C.A. Williams to the City of Gothenburg, Nebraska. Moved from its original site and restored here by Gothenburg Post no. 64, American Legion. Dedicated to all Pioneers who passed this way to Wind and hold the West."
95.1P.430 = Midway Station log cabin, under covered roof, situated next to farm house. man standing in front. Legend: "Midway Station of the Williams Lower '96' Ranch, S.E. of Gothenburg, Neb. (Bob Williams shown). dated 5-59. Also Legend: "Midway Station as it appeared in May, 1959. The house at rear has since been removed. The late Mr. Bob Williams, our guide and the owner of the Lower '98' Ranch, is shown in front."
95.1P.431 = Man on ladder with hunk of sod in his hand that he has removed from roof of Midway log cabin, through dormer in the protective roof. Legend: "Midway Station (on Lower '96' Ranch, Oregon Trail Caravan Member Weaver Clark shows sod from original roof." dated 5-59.
95.1P.432 & 433 = Man reaching up to touch wooden crossbeam inside Midway Station log cabin. Legend: "Interior of the Midway Station (Owner Bob Williams shown)." 2 views. dated 5-59
95.1P.434 = Boy posing in front of haystacks holding onto wooden yoke. Legend: "Trail relic found on the Williams Ranch. (son of Bob Williams shown)." dated 5-59
95.1P.435 = Elderly man in bathrobe sitting in chair with hospital table in front of him, on which newspapers and a microphone sit. Legend: "Mr. Harry Williams of the William's '96' Ranches, Gothenburg, Nebr." dated 5-59.
95.1P.843 = Four men and teen boy posed outside Midway Station log cabin. Legend: "Midway Station and members of the Oregon Trail Centennial Wagon Train (Independence, Mo to Independence, Oregon--1959). dated 5-59.
95.1P.844 = Copy of photo of Horse corral with numerous horses in front of log cabin that was Midway Station. Photo taken in 1892.
Legend: "Midway or Pat Mullaly's Pony Express Station, now the Lower '96" Ranch, 4 miles S.E. of Gothenburg, Nebr. This picture taken in 1892. The building still stands and is in excellent state of preservation. Jim Moore rode from this station to Julesburg and return, a distance of 240 miles, in fourteen hours and forty-six minutes. This station was on George Campbell's relay when he was a Pony Express rider. Later Dan Smith, who owned a ranch and kept a saloon during the Pony Express operation three miles east of this building, lived in this building and was Foreman of the Ranch then operating there. He murdered his wife while they lived there and escaped to the south hills where he was later found and short by a squad of soldiers who came from Fort McPherson to arrest him. Dan Smith Canyon thus received its name. Mrs. Smith was buried close to this old building. The old Oregon and Overland Trail can be seen in the lower left hand corner of picture." This picture courtesy of H.L. and Bob Williams of Gothenburg."
old digital file names:NEMidwayStation-NEMidwayStation9Made/Created
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1959Place
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Midway StationState/Province
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Pony expressSearch Terms
Pony Express Station, Pony Express Rider, Midway Pony Express Station, Mullaly's Pony Express Station, Oregon Trail, Overland TrailRelationships
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Bob WilliamsPerson or Organization
Harry WilliamsPerson or Organization
Dan SmithPerson or Organization
George CampbellPerson or Organization
Jim MooreProvenance
Notes
Photos taken by SJM staff photographer
