Muddy Pony Express Station, Wyoming, Photos, 1959

Muddy Pony Express Station Site, 1959: Copyright: 95.1P.516 Muddy XP Station Site, 1959
Muddy Pony Express Station Site, 1959

Copyright: 95.1P.516 Muddy XP Station Site, 1959

Name/Title

Muddy Pony Express Station, Wyoming, Photos, 1959

Entry/Object ID

P1995.1P.516

Description

Muddy Pony Express Station, Wyoming, Photos, 1959. Photo of ghost town of Piedmont, Wyo, site of Muddy Station. Photo depicts a broad plant with abandoned wooden building at left, and farm buildings in distance. Legend: "Old Piedmont, Wyoming. The railroad up Muddy Creek took over the job of the stages and Pony Express. The grade through Piedmont, however, proved to be too steep and the tracks wee later moved instead through Pioneer Hollow and through the Aspen tunnel leaving Piedmont to become another of the many ghost towns of the West. Wyo. '59" old digital file name: WYMuddyStation

Made/Created

Artist

Reynolds, Don

Date made

1959

Place

City

Piedmont

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 Pony Express Station

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Provenance

Notes

Photo taken by SJM staff photographer