Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1880-1930
This cast iron cook stove door was collected from the Gwin-Strother farmstead in Bourbon County by Kansas Historic Society archeologists in 1996. The small door is hinged and pulled down…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1869
This bottle fragment was recovered from Fort Zarah. The top of the bottle is the ‘roof’ portion in what is sometimes called a log cabin bottle. It once held Drake’s…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1869
These reconstructed dinner plate fragments were excavated at Fort Zarah in 1972 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists at the site of the original fort building. They show the maker’s mark…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1869
These reconstructed dinner plate fragments were excavated at Fort Zarah in 1972 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists at the site of the original fort building. They show the maker’s mark…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1869
This hinge fragment was collected at Fort Zarah and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1973. The fragment, the leaf portion of the hinge has countersunk holes for screws.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This picture frame was recovered during excavations at the Baker house in Morris County, undertaken by Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1972 and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1972
These ink drawings of artifacts from the Baker house in Morris County are part of the records created during the 1972 Kansas State Teacher’s College’s (now Emporia State University) field…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
These bottles and flasks were recovered from the Fort Hays State Historic Site between 1966 and 1970. One may have held German mineral water and was impressed with the advertisement…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1869
This small serving dish fragment was recovered from Fort Zarah during the 1969 Kansas Archeological Training Program field school, a joint project undertaken by Kansas Historical Society archeologists and Kansas…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1869
This shell-shaped serving dish was recovered in many fragments from Fort Zarah during the 1969 Kansas Archeological Training Program field school, a joint project undertaken by Kansas Historical Society archeologists…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1869
These horse and mule shoes were recovered from Fort Zarah during the 1969 Kansas Archeological Training Program field school, a joint project undertaken by Kansas Historical Society archeologists and Kansas…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1869
This pair of pliers was excavated at Fort Zarah by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The pliers includes a surface for use as a hammer. The tool was cleaned by electrolysis…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1917-1941
These toys were recovered from the remnants of the Midian townsite, an oil field boom town in Butler County. Shown are a glass and a clay marble and two jax,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1853-1869
The blade from a straight razor was recovered from Fort Zarah during the 1969 Kansas Archeological Training Program field school, a joint project undertaken by Kansas Historical Society archeologists and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1850-1920
The hatchet was recovered from an archeological site in Coffey County. It has a notch on one side of the blade for pulling nails. The site had multiple occupations, both…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1868
This axe head was excavated at Fort Zarah in 1969 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The axe is designed for felling trees, with a thin sharp bit end that tapers…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1880-1930
This tin can and metal lid were collected from the Gwin-Strother farmstead in Bourbon County by Kansas Historic Society archeologists in 1996. The complete can likely once held condensed milk…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1869
These cast iron scale weights were excavated at Fort Zarah in 1972 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists at the site of the original fort building. One weight is marked with…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This partial jug rim was recovered during excavations at the Baker house in Morris County, undertaken by Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1972.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1869
This brightly colored dinner plate was excavated at Fort Zarah in 1969 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. It was partially reconstructed at the archeology lab at the Kansas Historical Society.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1842-1853
This flask was recovered from the Fort Scott National Historic Site during excavations conducted there between 1968 through 1972 by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists. The flask was recovered from the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1854-1930
These clothing fasteners were recovered from the Ritchie House in Topeka during excavations by Kansas Historical Society archeologists in 1997. The suspender attachments and the slide have different decorative patterns…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1854-1930
These metal buttons were recovered from the Ritchie House in Topeka during excavations by Kansas Historical Society archeologists in 1997. Each button has a different decorative pattern. John and Mary…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
These gun parts were recovered during excavations at the Baker house in Morris County, undertaken by Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1972 and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1854-1910
This garment fragment and buttons were recovered from the Ritchie House in Topeka during excavations by Kansas Historical Society archeologists in 1997. The red cloth may have been used for…
