Name/Title
Pony Express Bronze Plaque by Proctor, Gothenburg, NE. Photos (3), 1958Entry/Object ID
P1996.1P.576Description
Pony Express Bronze Plaque by A. Phimister Proctor, Gothenburg, NE. Photos (3), 1958. b/w. Photos of the round disc with relief of Pony Rider at full gallop created by P. Proctor. This disc installed at Pony Express Station in Gothenburg, NE.
Legend on back.: "Bronze marker once found on Pony Express station sites and on monuments along the trail. Most of these are now gone. This one is on the Gothenburg Pony Express station, Neb." Dated 10/58.
96.1P.576 & 577 = Bronze disc, Pony Express rider, Close-up. Inscribed at base, "Pony Express, A. Phimister Proctor."
96.1P.578 = More distanced view than above. Shows plaque disc and the bronze legend below: " 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 Win and Hold the West."Made/Created
Date made
1958Place
City
GothenburgState/Province
NebraskaLexicon
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Pony expressSearch Terms
Pony Express Station, Gothenburg Pony Express Station, Gothenburg, Nebraska, Pony Express Marker, Proctor Pony Express Marker, Oregon TrailRelationships
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Person or Organization
A. Phimister ProctorProvenance
Notes
Photo by SJM staff photographer Don Reynolds.
