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Pony rider leaving Red Buttes, Wyo.

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Call NumberWHJ-10656|C54-3 ARTCreatorJackson, William Henry, 1843-1942Date1937SummaryMen, one with a bullwhip, wave to a Pony Express rider as he races away from Red Buttes Station in Natrona County, Wyoming. The station is a log building with a stone chimney and a sod roof. Covered wagons are camped near the North Platte River on Bessemer Bend. Red Buttes is 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 AnalogAnalogSubjectBessemer Bend (Wyo. : River bend)--19th centuryNatrona County (Wyo.)--19th centuryNorth Platte River--1860-1879Red Buttes (Natrona County, Wyo.)--19th centuryLog buildings--Wyoming--Natrona County--19th centuryPony Express--Wyoming--Natrona County--19th centuryRivers--Wyoming--Natrona County--19th centuryWagon trains--Wyoming--Natrona County--19th centuryWatercolorsWestward movement--Wyoming--Natrona County--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700310656Type of MaterialArtPhotographic prints--Hand coloredOriginal Material Found in CollectionDenver Public Library Western Art CollectionNotesNo. 57 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. R7003106562DonorClarence S. Jacksonpurchase1954

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Pony rider leaving Red Buttes, Wyo.