Copyright: 95.1P.556 Ruby Valley Trading Post, c. 1860
Name/Title
Ruby Valley Log Cabin Trading Post of Billy Rogers Station Photo, c. 1860
Entry/Object ID
P1995.1P.556
Description
Ruby Valley Log Cabin Trading Post of Billy Rogers Station Photo, c. 1860 Photo of a cabin in Ruby Valley (Roger's cabin). Pictures a log cabin with long glass-paned window. Handwritten on back :"Ruby Valley Station Building according to Nell Murbarger in Sovereigns of the Sage, 1958" undated but an early photo. b/w.
Caption from Murbarger book : Plate 5--"Uncle Billy" Rogers Trading Post, established in Ruby Valley in 1859 in this log building, is believed to have been the first permanent dwelling erected by white men in what is now the eastern part of the State of Nevada (then Utah Territory). Privately owned by a cattle rancher, the century old structure is still in good condition and used for storage purposes." Desert Magazine Press, 1958.
old digital file name: NVRubyValleySta6
Made/Created
Artist
unknown
Date made
1860
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, Ruby Valley Pony Express Station
Dimensions
Height
8 in
Width
10 in
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
Maintenance
Maintenance History
Date
Jan 20, 2017
Provenance
Notes
copied from photo in "Sovereigns of the Sage, 1958"
