Mormon Tavern XP Station with Joerger Family, 1887
Copyright: 95.1P.585 Mormon Tavern XP Station with Joerger Family, 1887
Name/Title
Mormon Tavern Pony Express Station Photo, c. 1887
Entry/Object ID
P1995.1P.584
Description
Mormon Tavern Pony Express Station Photo, c. 1887. Early photo of "Mormon Tavern, near Clarksville, California, on the old White Rock Road followed by the Pony on early trips (until July 1860) between Sacramento and Placerville.". (Jane Voiles Collection). Copied from "Pony Express--the Great Gamble" by Bloss. b/w
Pictures a two-story frame dwelling with long covered porch along front with covered deck above. White picket fence in front. Horse/buggy and people in yard, child on horseback. 2 copies one with handwritten caption and name identification on front.
95.1P.584 = Photo without handwritten information.
95.1P.585 = Caption: "This is the Mormon Tavern after Joseph Joerger took off a large post fort and made it into a home for his family in 1887 or 1878. Each person is numbered and identified
1 = Bert Malby
2 = Martha Ella Joerger
3 = Baby Gertrude ? Roberts
4 = Joseph Joerger
5 = Ella Waadle Sevinbrun (?)
6 = Manuel Bovario
7 = Edd Joerger
8 = Antone Menke
9 = Joe Joerger & white pony Prince
10 = William Edward Joerger
11 = LeRoy W. Joerger
old digital file name: CAMormonTavernSta
Made/Created
Artist
unknown
Date made
1887
Place
State/Province
California
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, Mormon Tavern Pony Express Station
Dimensions
Height
8 in
Width
10 in
Condition
Overall Condition
Fair
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Joseph Joerger
Provenance
Notes
Copied from "Pony Express--the Great Gamble" by Bloss.
Photo with names, courtesy of Judge Sherrill Halbert, Sacramento, CA.
