Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1869-1891
This reconstructed saucer was recovered during excavations at the Union Pacific Railroad Depot in Lawrence, Kansas. A faint impressed maker’s mark on the back identifies it as being made by…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864
This horseshoe was recovered during the 1990 survey and excavation at the Mine Creek Battlefield by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists and crew. This horseshoe style is called “regular” and is…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864
These two different sized mule shoes were recovered during the 1990 survey and excavation at the Mine Creek Battlefield by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists and crew. The larger shoe shows…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864
This gun hammer was recovered during the 1990 survey and excavation at the Mine Creek Battlefield by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists and crew. The hammer struck a percussion cap and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1869-1950
These three artifacts were recovered during excavations at the Union Pacific Railroad Depot in Lawrence, Kansas. Shown are a knife handle made of bone and metal with a small portion…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1869-1920
These ceramic pipe bowl and stem, from two different pipes, were recovered during excavations at the Union Pacific Railroad Depot in Lawrence, Kansas. The pipe bowl shows no traces of…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1869-1910
This button was recovered during excavations at the Union Pacific Railroad Depot in Lawrence, Kansas. The china calico button is decorated with a daisy pattern. The site served not only…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1869-1950
This toy dish was recovered during excavations at the Union Pacific Railroad Depot in Lawrence, Kansas. The toy was found buried 30 – 40cm at the archeological site. This site…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1869-1950
This dinner plate sherd was recovered during excavations at the Union Pacific Railroad Depot in Lawrence, Kansas. The scalloped shell-like edge is a transferware pattern called “shell-edged” that was popular…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1869-1950
These two clear glass bottles were recovered during excavations at the Union Pacific Railroad Depot in Lawrence, Kansas. The smaller bottle may have held medicine or pharmaceuticals, while the larger…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Unknown
These three slate pencil fragments were collected from a multicomponent (multiple occupations) site in Montgomery County with both Historic and Early Ceramic period artifacts. Slate pencils were used on slate…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1853-1920
These three buttons were collected from a multicomponent site in Montgomery County with both Historic and Early Ceramic period artifacts. They were donated in 1972 and 1973 to the Kansas…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Unknown
This pipe stem was recovered from a multicomponent site in Montgomery County with both Historic and Early Ceramic period artifacts. The pipe was made with a two part mold and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Unknown
This fragment of a toy tea cup was collected from a multicomponent site in Montgomery County with both Historic and Early Ceramic period artifacts. The cup was donated in 1973…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Unknown
This brooch and pendant were collected from a multicomponent site in Montgomery County with both Historic and Early Ceramic period artifacts. The brooch is possibly made of jet and the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1868
This ramrod holder was excavated at Fort Zarah in 1969 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The trading post, where the ramrod holder was located, burned in 1868. The ramrod holder,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1868
These three rifle butt plates were excavated at Fort Zarah in 1969 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The fort was a small outpost on the Santa Fe trail in Barton…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1868
A rifle barrel band was excavated at Fort Zarah in 1969 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The band ensures the barrel and stock stay attached to one another. The fort…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1869-1870
This insignia fragment was collected during a survey in 2017. Shown here is a portion of crossed sabers, used by the cavalry. The site may be the location of one…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1869-1870
This pocket knife was collected during a survey in 2017. The site may be the location of one of General George Custer’s and the Seventh Cavalry’s camp near Fort Hays…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1868
This forearm cap was excavated at Fort Zarah in 1969 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. Forearm caps were located on that portion of the wooden stock under a gun barrel…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1868
These two patch box covers for rifles were excavated at Fort Zarah in 1969 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The fort was a small outpost on the Santa Fe trail…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1868
This brass button was excavated at Fort Zarah in 1969 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The “Rich Orange” and “Warranted” back marks refer to the color and quality rating of…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1868
These lead bars were excavated at Fort Zarah in 1969 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. They are all stamped with portions of advertising from the “ST LOUIS SHOT TOWER CO.”…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1869-1870
These metal buttons were among many that were collected during a survey in 2017. The site may be the location of one of General George Custer’s and the Seventh Cavalry’s…
