A stereograph showing a U. S. Express Overland stage with African-American soldiers on guard against attack. Gardner identified the stage as starting for Denver, Colorado, from Hays City, Kansas. The image was taken from Alexander Gardner's series, "Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division."
Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Date: 1867
Item Number: 149
Call Number: Gardner Coll. No. 148
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 149
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Union Pacific - Eastern Division
Collections - Photograph - Gardner, Alexander (photographer)
Date - 1861-1869 - 1867
Military - Facilities - Forts - Fort Hays
Military - Facilities - Forts - Fort Wallace
Military - Service - Army
Military - Wars - Indian Wars
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Stereographs
People - African Americans
Places - Cities and towns - Hays
Places - Counties - Ellis
Places - Counties - Wallace
Places - Forts and military installations - Fort Wallace
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Union Pacific Railway - Eastern Division
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Stereographs
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