Willow Springs Pony Express Station, Telegraph Pole, Photo, 1971

Photograph

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St. Joseph Museums

Telegraph Post now a XP Museum exhibit, 1971: Copyright: 75.2.21 Telegraph Post from Willow Spgs area, XP Museum exhibit, 1971
Telegraph Post now a XP Museum exhibit, 1971

Copyright: 75.2.21 Telegraph Post from Willow Spgs area, XP Museum exhibit, 1971

Name/Title

Willow Springs Pony Express Station, Telegraph Pole, Photo, 1971

Entry/Object ID

P1975.2.21

Description

Willow Springs Pony Express Station, Telegraph Pole, Photo, July, 1971. Color photo of man and his family removing an original 1861 telegraph pole from their fence line to donate to St. Joseph Museum. Legend: "Mr. David Bagley and daughters take time from ranch work to remove an original 1861 Overland Telegraph post from their fence where for nearly a century it had served as a fence post on the Bagley Ranch. They generously donated it for display in the Pony Express Stables Museum where it can now be seen in our End of an Era exhibit. Utah, 1971". old digital file name: UTTrailScene.

Made/Created

Artist

Reynolds, Don

Date made

1971

Place

State/Province

Utah

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, Telegraph

Search Terms

Pony Express Station, Willow Springs Pony Express Station, Overland Telegraph, Pony Express Stables, Pony Express Museum

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: 6½' X 9 3/8"

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

David Bagley

Provenance

Notes

Photo taken by SJM staff photographer