Shell Creek Pony Express Station Site & Wells-Fargo Bank Ruin Photo, 1962

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

Shell Creek XP Station Site & Wells Fargo Ruin, 1962

Name/Title

Shell Creek Pony Express Station Site & Wells-Fargo Bank Ruin Photo, 1962

Entry/Object ID

P1975.2.23

Description

Shell Creek Pony Express Station Site & Wells-Fargo Bank Ruin Photo, 1962. View of rock wall ruin, with sides still standing, but no roof, situated outside a modern day corral. b/w Legend: "Schellbourne Ranch (Schell of Shell Creek Pony Express & Stage station). View to westward. Steptoe Valley and Egan Range at right in background. In later silver mining days a boom town with three quartz mills. In 1960's deserted except for owner or caretaker. Wells-Fargo bank ruin in fore ground." Nev. 5/1962 old digital file name: NVShellCreekSta4.

Made/Created

Artist

Reynolds, Don

Date made

1962

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, Shell Creek Pony Express Station, Wells Fargo Bank

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: 6 3/8" X 9¼"

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Provenance

Notes

Photo taken by SJM staff photographer