Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1858-1880
These harness buckles and clip fragment were recovered from the Havana Stage Station site along the Santa Fe trail in Osage County. The buckles and clips attach harness straps, collars,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1858-1880
This horseshoe was recovered from the Havana Stage Station site along the Santa Fe trail in Osage County. This horseshoe style is called “regular” and is what was used on…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1858-1880
This fragment of a wagon wrench was recovered from the Havana Stage Station site along the Santa Fe trail in Osage County. The wrench head has an assortment of openings…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1905-1960
This side panel from a Pinex bottle was recovered from a farmstead in Chase County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2005. Pinex was a cough remedy manufactured…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1892-1934
This panel (side) of a patent medicine bottle was recovered from an abandoned farmstead in Chautauqua County during archeological investigations in 1995. It advertises “W. B. CALDWELL’S SYRUP PEPSIN” made…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1880-1939
This suspender clasp was recovered from the cistern at an abandoned farmstead in Chautauqua County during archeological investigations in 1995. The clasp is decorated in the front in a swirling…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
These three decorated bottle and jar fragments were recovered from the Baker Store in Morris County by an Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
These jar fragments were recovered from the Baker Store in Morris County by an Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1973. The jars may…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1900 and 1955
Painting of Jesus by Arthur L. Tice. Tice was known for landscape, portrait, and religious paintings. A life-long Kansan, he was the State Artist of Kansas for seven years and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1964
Paperback book titled “The Gods Hate Kansas.” The pulp science fiction novel was published in 1964 by Monarch Books. The plot centers around aliens who invade Kansas, or “a startling…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This dinner plate fragment was recovered from the Baker house in Morris County by the Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1972. The maker’s…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
These reconstructed crock fragments were recovered from the Baker house in Morris County by the Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1972. The crock…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
These pottery sherds were recovered from the Baker store in Morris County by the Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1973. Each sherd has…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1851-1900
These dish sherds were recovered during excavations at the 2018 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Kaw Mission in Council Grove. The dishes are decorated in a variety…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
The gunflint was recovered from the Baker store in Morris County by the Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1973. Gunflints were used to…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1851-1930
These small dish fragments were recovered during excavations at the 2018 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Kaw Mission. They are decorated landscape and floral patterns by transfer…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This reconstructed bowl and plate were recovered in pieces during excavations by the Kansas State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) field school in 1972. The plate is decorated in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1851-1930
These small dish fragments were recovered during excavations at the 2018 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Kaw Mission. They are decorated in a brown geometric pattern by…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1851-1930
These small dish fragments were recovered during excavations at the 2018 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Kaw Mission. They are decorated in a green and white floral…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1850-1900
These moveable type pieces were recovered from the Kaw Mission State Historic Site in 2016 and 2018. The type was used in a printing press. The pieces are made of…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This partial serving bowl was recovered during excavations in 1972 by the Kansas State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archaeological field school. Some of the sherds of the octagonal…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1854-1940
These small dish sherds were recovered during excavations at the 2018 Kansas Archeology Training Program at the Kaw Mission. These sherds are made of a variety of yellow ware called…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1851-1930
Shape, color, and finish type help archeologists to identify these bottle fragments as having once held medicine or pharmaceuticals. They were recovered during excavations at the 2018 Kansas Archeology Training…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This ammunition was recovered from the Baker store in Morris County by the Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1973. Shown are three primer…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
These two dish sherds were recovered from the Baker store in Morris County by the Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1973. Both sherds…
