Steamboat Denver Used by Pony Express to Cross Missouri River Photo, c. 1860

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

97.1P.1362 Denver Steamboat Ferry, MO River, PX mail crossed, 1860

Name/Title

Steamboat Denver Used by Pony Express to Cross Missouri River Photo, c. 1860

Entry/Object ID

P1997.1P.1362

Description

Steamboat Denver Used by Pony Express to Cross Missouri River Photo, c. 1860. b/w. Copy of photo of steamboat docked along riverbank. "Denver" prominently displayed on top deck, where people are standing by rail. Other passengers aforedeck. St. Joseph Bus Co. 'taxi' waiting alongside vessel. Captain of boat was Capt. Flemming.. Typed on back: "The Denver at St. Joseph Landing, On April 3, 1860, this ferryboat carried the first Pony Express Horse and Rider to the Kansas side of the Missouri River." Caption from 95.1H.458 Copy "At St. Joseph the mails from the East were ferried across the Missouri to Elwood, Kansas, aboard the steamer 'Denver' and thereafter went forward in the mochilas of the Pony Express." For original sepia photo see 446/11128 in Photo History File, Large Photos.

Made/Created

Artist

unknown

Date made

1860

Place

City

St. Joseph

State/Province

Missouri

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

Steamboats, Pony express

Search Terms

Steamboat Denver

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Apr 19, 1993

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

P1995.01H.00458, P9999.446.11128