Smith Hotel, Seneca Kansas Pony Express Station, Photo, 1870 & 1970. Two photos of this hotel. One is copy from old photo, the other taken in 1970 before the hotel was demolished in 1972.
95.1P.821 = Old photo of 2-story frame hotel amidst trees. people lounging on open porch without roof. Caption: "Smith's Hotel. It was 77 miles west of St. Joseph, a home station of the Pony Express, and it was famous along the entire trail for fine food. Kept by "New Hampshire Yankee" John E. Smith and his wife. Original site at Fourth and Main is marked on an inscribed boulder. Torn down in 1972.
95.1P.822 = Similar photo to 95.1P.300. b/w Hotel as it looked in 1970 with long covered porch. Treed lawn. Caption: "Seneca, Kansas Pony Express Station (Smith's Hotel) as it appeared in recent years before it was torn down."
old digital file name: KSSeneca-SmithHotelStation6 & KSSeneca-SmithHotelStation7
