Copyright: 74.9.38 Rocky Ridge XP Station Site, 1961
Name/Title
Rocky Ridge Pony Express Station Site Photos, 1961
Entry/Object ID
P1974.9.38
Description
Rocky Ridge Pony Express Station Site Photos, 1961. Three photos of the area surround the site of the Rocky Ridge Station.
74.9.38 = Rocky hillside with road at base. Two men standing along road in background, jeep in road. Legend: "A rock ridge guards the spot north of the Sweetwater River where Rocky Ridge station once stood. Wyo. 5/61"
74.9.39 = Stone marker installed in front of rocky hillside. Marker inscription: "Old Oregon Trail, 1913. St. Mary's Station" Legend: "Stone post erected by historical H.G. Nikerson (initial) to mark the site of the Rocky Ridge station. Wyo. 5/61"
74.9.40 = Two men on road in foreground looking toward horizon on sagegrass plain to hills beyond. Legend: "Looking southward from Rocky Ridge station site one can see the entrance to Sweetwater Canyon through which the riders continued their climb up the South Pass.
old digital file name: WYRockyRidgeStation-WYRockyRidgeStation3
Made/Created
Artist
Reynolds, Don
Date made
1961
Place
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, Rocky Ridge Pony Express Station
