Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1970
These tea cup and dish sherds were recovered from excavations at Constitution Hall, in Lecompton. A wide variety of patterns were recovered from the site including glass dish sherds with…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1950
These six dish sherds were excavated at Constitution Hall, in Lecompton. A wide variety of patterns were recovered from the site including dish sherds with gold bands near the rim,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1950
These dish sherd were recovered during excavations at Constitution Hall, in Lecompton. A wide variety of patterns were recovered from the site including dish sherds with solid colors, decorated in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1930
This sad iron was recovered from Constitution Hall, in Lecompton, which was named a National Historical Landmark for its role in the 1857 Lecompton Constitution. Sad irons have been used…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1950
These dish sherds were collected during excavations at Constitution Hall. A wide variety of patterns were recovered from the site including dish sherds that were decorated by transfer printing, called…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Between 1900 and 1919
This stationery shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company logo for the California Limited.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Unknown
This ox shoe was collected from a multicomponent (multiple occupations) camp site in Doniphan County and donated in 2018 to the Kansas Historical Society. The site had occupations from the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864
This wagon wheel wrench was recovered during the 1989 survey and excavation at the Mine Creek Battlefield by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists and crew. The site was the location where…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864
These two harness buckles were recovered during the 1990 survey and excavation at the Mine Creek Battlefield by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists and crew. They were cleaned by electrolysis which…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864
This scissor half was recovered during the 1989 survey and excavation at the Mine Creek Battlefield by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists and crew. The scissors was cleaned by electrolysis which…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864
These two rings, possibly for a wagon, were recovered during the 1990 survey and excavation at the Mine Creek Battlefield by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists and crew. Rings were used…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864
Shown are two different types of button that were recovered during the 1990 survey and excavation at the Mine Creek Battlefield by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists and crew. The site…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1878
This penny dates to 14 years later than the Battle of Mine Creek, but still can help archeologists understand activity or disturbance at the site. The site was the location…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864
This brass rosette, decorated with a heart, was buckled onto a horse’s harness. It was collected during the 1990 survey and excavation at the Mine Creek Battlefield by Kansas Historical…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1890-1920
These two dish sherds have partial maker’s marks visible on their bases. They were collected from a farmstead site in Anderson County by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The larger dish…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1890-1920
These four dish fragments were recovered from a farmstead site in Anderson County by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. All are decorated using a method called transfer printing or transferware.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864
This axe head was recovered during the 1990 survey and excavation at the Mine Creek Battlefield by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists and crew. There are many variations on axe heads…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864
This brass trigger guard surrounded the trigger and protected it from accidental discharge. It was recovered during the 1990 survey and excavation at the Mine Creek Battlefield by Kansas Historical…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 2018
Emil Joseph Kapaun was born on a farm near Pilsen, Marion County, Kansas, in 1916. His parents were Czech immigrants. At the end of World War II, Kapaun served as…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1000 BCE-500 CE
This slightly expanding stemmed dart point was recovered from an archeological site in Woodson County. It is made of Smoky Hill silicified chalk, a good quality knapping material that is…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1700-1869
This artifact was recovered during excavations at the Union Pacific Railroad Depot in Lawrence, Kansas. It is either a biface or a gunflint made from either a chalcedony or quarried…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1882
This mouth harp was recovered by Kansas Historical Society archeologists during excavations at historic Fort Hays in Ellis County. Mouth harps are also called Jew’s harps, Ozark harps, or even…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864
This Hotchkiss shell was fired from one of two 3-inch ordinance rifles, a rifled cannon, that comprised the Union artillery at the battle of Mine Creek. The shell fragment was…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864
These iron balls would help to fill a canister, which, when shot from a cannon, resulted in a devastating shotgun-like effect. They were recovered during the 1990 survey and excavation…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864
This flintlock lockplate was recovered during the 1990 survey and excavation at the Mine Creek Battlefield by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists and crew. The artifact was likely from a pre-Civil…
