Robbers Roost Road Ranch and Stagecoach Station, Wyoming Territory, 1885
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Stagecoach lines brought news, mail, and passengers to distant and isolated western towns during the late 19th century. Stops along the route broke up the long, monotonous, and sometimes dangerous journey. This image shows a station located on a route connecting Cheyenne, Wyoming, with the gold fields in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Robbers Roost derived its name from the many robberies in the area.
Stagecoach lines brought news, mail, and passengers to distant and isolated western towns during the late 19th century. Stops along the route broke up the long, monotonous, and sometimes dangerous journey. This image shows a station located on a route connecting Cheyenne, Wyoming, with the gold fields in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Robbers Roost derived its name from the many robberies in the area.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1885
Creators
Keywords
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
30.803.5
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of George Dalgleish.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4.938 in
Width: 7 in
Inscriptions
caption on bottom of photograph: ROBBERTS ROOST. ROAD RANCH AND STAGECOACH, WYO TER, 1885, DALGLEISH PHOTO handwritten on back: Robbers Roost, near the Crazy Woman creek, was built by the holdups. / The name, Crazy Woman Creek, a white woman that had been captured by the Indians was rescued from the Indians but had lost her mind.