Muddy Pony Express Station Photo, c. 1860. Photo of a row of log structures built against a hillside, 2 covered wagons parked in front. b/w
Legend attached: "Looking north at the old Muddy Creek Overland Stage and Pony Express station. It was build by Moses Byrne. These old photographs, thought to have been taken between 1860 and 1868, courtesy of Mr. Charles Guild of Evanston, Wyo. Mr. Gild's grandfather and family lived here from 1866 to 1868 then moved to nearby new railroad boom town of Piedmont for the rest of their lives."
Also on back:
"Notice the telegraph pole at left corner of main building part of the Edward Creighton line from Omaha to Sacramento. My grandfather and his family lived here from 1866 to 1868..Union Pacific Railroad passed about 200 yards to the southeast went on southwest to old Piedmont, where they moved and lived remainder of their lives.
"Looking north at the old Muddy Creek Overland & Pony Express Station, 12 miles west of Fort Bridger, built by Moses Byrne. On the Overland and Pioneer Trail. Taken between years of 1860 to 1868. when the Union Pacific Railroad passed about 200 yards to the northeast and went on southwest to old Piedmont."
old digital file name: WYMuddyStation3.
Made/Created
Artist
unknown
Date made
1860
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, Muddy Creek Pony Express Station
Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: 6" X 9½"
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
Provenance
Notes
Photo provided by Charles Guild, Evanston, WY. whose grandfather lived here from 1866 to 1868
