Warm Springs on the Oregon Trail west of Guernsey, Wyoming, Photo, 1959

Warm Springs on Oregon Trail, WY, 1959: Copyright: 95.1P.473 Warm Springs on Oregon Trail, WY, 1959
Warm Springs on Oregon Trail, WY, 1959

Copyright: 95.1P.473 Warm Springs on Oregon Trail, WY, 1959

Name/Title

Warm Springs on the Oregon Trail west of Guernsey, Wyoming, Photo, 1959

Entry/Object ID

P1995.1P.473

Description

Warm Springs on the Oregon Trail west of Guernsey, Wyoming, Photo, May, 1959. Photo of man standing with foot on boulder, at edge of oval pool of water from which a stream flows into the background. Legend on back: "Warm Springs on the Overland Trail west of Guernsey, Wyo." dated 5-59. b/w. Also Legend "Warm Springs (Emigrant's washtub) Near Guernsey, Wyo. A spring that pioneer wives and mothers found a handy place to wash away the dust and sweat of the Overland Trail. Crude markers once located graves across Warm Springs wash to the south. A wagon train was burned about a half mile beyond the springs." 5/59 old digital file name: WYGuernseyTrailRuts2

Made/Created

Artist

Reynolds, Don

Date made

1959

Place

City

Guernsey

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, Star Ranch Station, Oregon Trail, Warm Springs

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Jan 12, 2017

Provenance

Notes

Photo taken by SJM staff photographer