Yank's Pony Express Station Site, California, Photos, 1962

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

Yanks Pony Express Station site, Meyers, CA, 1962

Name/Title

Yank's Pony Express Station Site, California, Photos, 1962

Entry/Object ID

P1975.2.46

Description

Yank's Pony Express Station Site, California, Photos, 1962. Three photos of the town of Meyers, California and the Pony Express markers there. b/w 75.2.46 = View down broad paved street into small town with frame houses with low angled rooflines. Mountains with snow on them in background. Legend: "Meyers, California, the site of Yank's Station. Monument at left. View to westward." Calif. 1962. dry-mount 75.2.47A = Aggregate stone marker with round, bronze disc of Pony rider embedded. Sign on post adjacent "Pioneer days, here stood Yanks Station, Popular station." Also legend: "Monument at Meyers, California for Yank's Pony Express station. It was named after Ephram Clement who proclaimed himself to be a 'true Yankee'." Calif. 1962. 75.2.47B = Close-up of bronze plaque attached to boulder. "Yanks's Station. This was the site of the most eastern station of the Central Overland Pony Express in California, established as a trading post in 1851 by Martin Smith. It became a popular hostelry and stage stop operated by Ephram 'Yank' Clement on the Placerville-Carson Road. Pony Rider Warren Upson first arrived here on the evening of April 28, 1860. Changing ponies, he galloped on to Friday's Station in Nevada to deliver his mochila to Bob Haslam for the ride to Genoa. Uses as a pony remount station until October 26, 1861. It was sold to George D.H. Meyers in 1873, and the name changed to Meyers." 5/24/1962. old digital file name: CAYanksSta2-CAYanksSta4.

Made/Created

Artist

Reynolds, Don

Date made

1962

Place

City

Meyers

State/Province

California

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, Yank's Pony Express Station, Meyers, California

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: 6¼" X 9¼"

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Provenance

Notes

Photo taken by SJM staff photographer