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Pony Express and stage station, Red Buttes, Wyo.

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Call NumberWHJ-10655; C54-3 ARTCreatorJackson, William Henry, 1843-1942Date1933SummaryA Pony Express rider and a stagecoach leave the Red Buttes station in Natrona County, Wyoming. A lineman works on a telegraph line as a crew, with a mule-drawn wagon, secures the pole in the ground. The station consists of two log buildings with sod roofs. A sign over a door reads: "Telegraph." Red Buttes and the Bessemer Bend of the North Platte River are in the distance.Physical Description1 photographic print : hand col. ; 23 x 34 cm (9 x 13 1/2 in.) mounted on mat board 41 x 51 cm (16 x 20 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectStagecoach stations--Wyoming--Natrona County--19th centuryBessemer Bend (Wyo. : River bend)--19th centuryNatrona County (Wyo.)--19th centuryNorth Platte River--1860-1879Red Buttes (Natrona County, Wyo.)--19th centuryLinemen--Wyoming--Natrona County--19th centuryPony Express--Wyoming--Natrona County--19th centuryRivers--Wyoming--Natrona County--19th centuryStagecoaches--Wyoming--Natrona County--19th centuryTelegraph lines--Wyoming--Natrona County--19th centuryWatercolorsWestward movement--Wyoming--Natrona County--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700310655Type of MaterialArtPhotographic prints--Hand coloredOriginal Material Found in CollectionDenver Public Library Western Art CollectionNotesNo. 56 inked on verso. Photographic print of a watercolor by William Henry Jackson, from the William Henry Jackson Collection at Scotts Bluff National Monument, hand colored by Clarence S. Jackson. Title penciled on mat board. R7003106554DonorClarence S. Jacksonpurchase1954

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Pony Express and stage station, Red Buttes, Wyo.