Pacific Springs Pony Express Station Site, Photos, 1964
Entry/Object ID
P1974.9.42
Description
Pacific Springs Pony Express Station Site, Photos, 1964. Four photos of the buildings and area at Pacific Springs near the top of South Pass and where a Pony Express and stage station once stood. color & b/w.
74.9.42 = Landscape "view to southwestward from near the Continental Divide towards Pacific Springs. Wyo. 7/64" Legend on back: "Boggs spring fed area along the west side of the John?? Horse Ranch Buildings. View to the south 7/60" color
74.9.44 = Spring pool in center of photo with wood buildings and fence beyond. Legend: "Pacific Springs two miles beyond the continental divide on the South Pass of Wyoming. The old Hay Horse Ranch occupies the site where the Pacific Springs Pony Express and stage station once stood. A favorite camping place of emigrants, it was first known as Bog Creek and later Pacific Creek. It was described variously as "a large quagmire" and "a noble spring with excellent water and grass". Wyo. 5/60". b/w
74.9.45 = Closer view of log buildings at Pacific Springs. A person is standing in meadow between rows of buildings. Legend: " 100 years after the Pony Express only a few log ranch buildings stood to make the once busy trail summit at Pacific Springs. These are said to have been built by Halter & Flick who in 1800 had also built a store and saloon that was used until about 1925." Wyo. 7/64. b/w 4" x 9½"
74.9.46 = Large log cabin structure with large entrance doors. Maude Reynolds looking into building. on back: "Pacific Springs Blacksmith Shop" 7/59. Legend: "After Pony Express days the Pacific Springs settlement continued for awhile to be of importance. The store and saloon administered to overland travelers, who at this point were jubilant to have just passed the 'hump' of their trip--the Continental Divide--whether by covered wagon or alter in Model-T's. Traffic over the South Pass now follows a paved highway further to the west of Pacific Springs. The building above was last used as a blacksmith shop". Wyo. 7/64. b/w
old digital file name: WYPacificSpgsStation4--WYPacificSpgsStation4
Made/Created
Artist
Reynolds, Don
Date made
1964
Place
Location
Pacific Springs
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, Pacific Springs Pony Express Station, Pacific Springs, South Pass, Oregon Trail, Oregon-California Trail
