Name/Title
Pony Express Centennial Re-Run from St. Joseph, Mo, Photos, April, 1960Entry/Object ID
P1995.1P.798Description
Pony Express Centennial Re-Run from St. Joseph, Mo, Photos, April 3-9, 1960. b/w. Twenty photographs depicting riders during the this re-ride of the Pony Express. Includes riders, exchanges, caravan, and trail scenes. (More photos numbered 95.1P.761-797 in separate record. Also 96.1P.1-34).
95.1P.798 = Two men looking at Pony Express marker. "Mud Springs Station Site. Centennial Riders Clark McCown and E.S. Campbell at monument. April, 1960"
95.1P.799 = Rider heading into Colorado, former rider unsaddling horse. Sign "Welcome to Colorful Colorado"
95.1P.800 = Two riders placing mochila on horse, idle horse behind. Taken on car-lined main street in Bridgeport, NE. "Mid-town change at Bridgeport, Nebr."
95.1P.801 = Rider standing next to palomino horse, next to Pony Express marker. "Raymond Shifflett at Ficklin Springs".
95.1P.802 = School children lining street, riders making mochila exchange at end of line. "School lets out for change of Pony Express riders at Gering, Nebr."
95.1P.803 = Rider at gallop on main street. School children line side of street, car behind. "Centennial Rider Dale Tuttle rides through Gering, Nebr., April, 1960"
95.1P.804 = Rider standing beside dark horse, holding its reins. They are standing beside an oil well, pump. "Centennial rider Raymond Shifflett rode through the Muddy Oil Fields of Wyo. (Muddy Basin). April, 1960."
95.1P.805 = Rider wearing chaps on dark horse at gallop, riding in highway medium. "Bob Holbrook, Wyo."
95.1P.806 = Rider at a gallop leaving behind the prior rider who is cinching his saddle.
95.1P.807 = Rider waiting beside his bald-face horse as prior rider approaches.
95.1P.808 = Maude Reynolds on dark horse with man standing in front. "Mrs. Don. R. on rider Dale Tuttle's horse, Major. She did not ride in re-run but went along to help photograph the ride."
95.1P.809 = Betty Jenkins in Wyoming on her dark horse with white socks. (no mochila).
95.1P.810 = Distance view of two men standing beside their horse trailer with gate down. Two horses in trailer. Scenic view of Wyoming landscape surrounds them. "Bill Frump & Elmer Hansen wait their turn near Lander, Wyo."
95.1P.811 = Rider vaulting onto white horse. Prior rider helping spur horse on. Idle horse behind. "Mochila change from Winkie Reed to Don Ewing."
95.1P.812 = Rider on black horse in foreground, scenic sweep of mountains behind. "Glen Robinson on the South Pass of Wyoming, April, 1960"
95.1P.813 = Men in western attire in chow line, three others in huddle to right. "Chow time at Muddy Gap, Wyo. camp".
95.1P.814 = Men & 1 boy with food plates, cook pot on wooden barrel, camp scene. "Chow time at Muddy Gap, Wyo. camp."
95.1P.815 = Rider on horse in foreground, large domed rock (Independence Rock) in photo center. "Pony Express Centennial rider passes Independence Rock." April, 1960.
95.1P.816 = Rider on horse at edge of paved 2-lane highway. Rock boulders in back ground with narrow gap between (Devil's Gate). Wood rail fenced corral in photo center. "Pony Express Centennial rider passes Devil's Gate in Wyo." April, 1960.
95.1P.817 = Woman posing on paint horse in grassed area. "Betty Jenkins (only woman Centennial rider) and her horse 'Thunder'."Lexicon
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Pony expressSearch Terms
Pony Express Re-Ride, 1960, Pony Express Centennial, 1960, Devil's Gate, Independence Rock, South PassRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Lee ShifflettPerson or Organization
Clark McCownPerson or Organization
E. S. CampbellPerson or Organization
Raymond ShifflettPerson or Organization
Dale TuttlePerson or Organization
Bob HolbrookPerson or Organization
Maude ReynoldsPerson or Organization
Betty JenkinsPerson or Organization
Bill FrumpPerson or Organization
Elmer HansenPerson or Organization
Winkie ReedPerson or Organization
Don EwingPerson or Organization
Glen RobinsonProvenance
Notes
Photo taken by SJM staff photographer
