Rock Creek Pony Express & Stage Station Photo, c. 1860
Entry/Object ID
P1995.1P.824
Description
Rock Creek Pony Express Station Photo, c. 1860. Copy of photo taken in winter. Rock Creek buildings in the background. Stagecoach halted in wide dirt lane. Man mounted on horse on adjacent road in foreground.
Caption: "Rock Creek Station, Nebraska. A Pony Express and Overland Stage station. In 1861 it was the scene of a gunfight in which three men were killed by "Wild Bill Hickock". Man on horse holding bottle is said to be David McCanles, station agent, and one of those killed."
old digital file name: NE-RockCreekSta6.
Made/Created
Artist
unknown
Date made
1860
Place
City
Fairbury
State/Province
Nebraska
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, Rock Creek Pony Express Station, Overland Stagecoach Line
