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Wilson, Elijah Nicholas, Pony Express Rider, Photo as Older Man, c. 1910Entry/Object ID
P1995.1P.224Description
Wilson, Elijah Nicholas, Pony Express Rider, Photo as Older Man, c. 1910". b/w. Copy of photo found in book "The Old West Speaks" by Driggs. Wilson is an elderly man, standing, supporting himself with cane. He is bald, with slight mustache, and long beard, wearing a three piece dark suit, with hand in left hand. b/w
As a boy about age 12, Nick ran away from his Utah home to live with the Shoshones for about two years. He rode for the Pony Express between Shell Creek and Deep Creek, and later Carson Sink to Fort Churchill. His life is the subject of books--White Indian Boy by Driggs, and the movie "Wind River". See Relations for those items in the museum's library collection.
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L1992.024.00001, L1997.001.00080, L2009.003.00083, L2009.003.00089, L2009.003.00242, L9999.999.03791, P1995.01P.00221, P1995.01P.00222Provenance
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Copied from "The Old West Speaks" by Driggs.