Copyright: 95.1P.558 Reese River XP Station Site, NV 1959
Name/Title
Reese River Pony Express Station Site & Alkali Flats, Nevada, Photos, 1959
Entry/Object ID
P1995.1P.558
Description
Reese River Pony Express Station Site & Alkali Flats, Nevada, Photos, 1959 Two photos of site of Reese River Pony Express station and Pony Express route west from there. b/w
95.1P.558 = Two men standing in sagebrush desert near rocks strewn at feet, looking at an object. Legend: "After Simpson's Park station some fifteen miles came Reese River station. A few scattered stones mark the site of a building and alkali shows white in places around. The station had been destroyed by Indians and was being rebuilt when Burton was there in October of 1860." Nev. 1959
95.1P.559 = Person standing on a small mound in the distance, sagebrush desert in foreground, while alkali bed in distance, photo center, low mountains in background. Legend: Alkali flats just westward from Reese River station were on the Pony Express rider's trail. He had a choice. To ride across them or around. View to northwest across trail route," Nev. 1959
old digital file name:NVReeseRiverSta-NVReeseRiverSta3
Made/Created
Artist
Reynolds, Don
Date made
1959
Place
State/Province
Nevada
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, Reese River Pony Express Station, Alkali Flats
