Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1891-1941
These bottle fragment was recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. The bottle has an exterior thread closure,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1941
This wrench and pliers were recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. The wrench was designed for a…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1865-1882
This serving fork fragment was recovered from Fort Dodge in Ford County during excavation by Kansas Historical Society archeologists in 1996. The fork has a portion of two tines and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1920
These horseshoes were recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. This horseshoe style is called “regular” and is…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1941
This wagon and harness hardware artifacts were recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. Shown are various sizes…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1941
This brass thimble and wooden thread spools were recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. Thimbles were worn…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1865-1882
These buttons were recovered from Fort Dodge in Ford County during excavation by Kansas Historical Society archeologists in 1996. Shown are 2-hole buttons made of shell and hard rubber. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1872
These buttons were recovered from Fort Harker during the 1996 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. Shown are two decorated metal buttons, a glass dome-shaped button, 2-hole glass and shell…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1872
These pocket watch fragments were recovered from Fort Harker during the 1996 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. Shown are two movement plates, a pocket watch back, and two bezels…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1920
These slate boards and pencils were recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. Slate pencils were used on…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1920
This ladle or spoon handle was recovered from Fort Harker during the 1996 Kansas Archeology Training Program. The handle has a molded scrollwork pattern and may date to the period…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1920-1960
This toy pistol was recovered from Fort Harker during the 1996 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. Over time the cocking mechanism has become separated from the pistol and the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1850-1861
This Infantry button was recovered during a 2021 survey of the grounds surrounding the Pottawatomi Mission in Shawnee County. Though eroded, the “I” within a shield upon a left facing…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1865-1882
This saber hook was recovered from Fort Dodge in Ford County during excavation by Kansas Historical Society archeologists in 1996. The brass hook was used to attach the saber to…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1970
These marbles were recovered from Fort Harker during the 1996 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. The glass marbles help to document the presence of children there and in the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1856 - 1869
This glass bottle stopper was collected from the Hyatt Townsite in Anderson County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2007. Bottle stoppers were essential to close sealed bottles…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1872
These lead bullets were recovered from Fort Harker during the 1996 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. The bullet in the top row is a .57 caliber and the three…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1872
This small clear bottle was recovered from Fort Harker during the 1996 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. The bottle has a flat or patent finish and two recessed side…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1872
This cook stove burner grate was recovered from Fort Harker during the 1996 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. The burner grate is decorated with a scroll work pattern while…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1872
This stove leg was recovered from Fort Harker during the 1996 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. The leg was likely for a cook stove, though it could have also…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1872
These slate pencils were recovered from Fort Harker during the 1996 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. Slate pencils were used on slate boards and were meant to be erasable.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1850-1854
This pocket pistol barrel and cylinder was recovered from Fort Atkinson in Ford County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2015. The diameter of the 5 shot pistol’s…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1850-1854
These tools were recovered from Fort Atkinson in Ford County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2015. Shown is a solid punch, used a hammer to drive objects…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1941
This brooch pin was recovered from the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County during the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. The pin is painted a bright light…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1920
These slate pencil fragments were recovered from the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County during the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. Slate pencils were used on slate…
