Copyright: 95.1P.370 Willow Island XP Station Log Cabin, 1957
Name/Title
Willow Island Pony Express Station Photo, 1957
Entry/Object ID
P1995.1P.370
Description
Willow Island Pony Express Station Photo, 1957. two b/w and 3 color photos of log cabin in Cozad, NE City Park. This cabin, the Malalley cabin, was used as a Pony Express Station. It was purchased by VFW Post #77 of Cozad, and relocated from its original site to the park in 1938.
The marker in front contains an official Pony Express Medallion issued by the Pony Express Headquarters in San Rafael, California. A plaque attached to the building states: “May the spirit of those hardy pioneers who blazed a trail to the golden West never die.”.
95.1P.370 = Log Cabinet closeup. Maude Reynolds with back turned is reading a plaque attached to structure. Legend: "Willow Island Station Cabin. According to local history it was built about 1849 as trapper's and trader's cabin on the south side of the Platte River south of Darr, Nebraska. Used as a stage and Pony Express station and in 1936 was moved to the city park in Cozad, Nebraska." b/w 8" x 10" July, 1957
95.1P.371 = Copy of one of color snapshots of cabin taken in winter. b/w 5" x 7"
95.1P.372-374 = 3 similar color snapshots of the cabin with stone marker in front.
old digital file name: NE-WillowIslandStation & NE-WillowIslandStation2
Made/Created
Artist
Reynolds, Don
Date made
1957
Place
City
Cozad
State/Province
Nebraska
Notes
Early Date: 1957
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, Willow Island Pony Express Station, Cozad, Nebraska
