Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1842-1853
This cigar cutter scissor was recovered from the Fort Scott National Historic Site during excavations conducted there between 1968 through 1972 by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists. It was found in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1874-1972
This wood saw handle was recovered from the Fort Scott National Historic Site during excavations conducted there between 1968 through 1972 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The saw handle is…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1842-1853
This brass military button was recovered from the Fort Scott National Historic Site during excavations conducted there between 1968 through 1972 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The brass two piece…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Unknown
This ceramic figurine was a surface find at Historic Building Site (HBS) 23 within the Fort Riley Military Reservation in 1977 by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists. HBS 23 was built…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Unknown
This metal hoe blade was donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1957. It gets its name from the collar or “eye” at the top of the blade, which is…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1860-1973
This liquor bottle was found at the Shawnee Indian Mission in Johnson County. The bottle has remnants of a Federal Tax Strip down one side of the finish and bottle,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1901-1927
This tobacco tin was found in the southeast room of the East Building at the Shawnee Indian Mission in Johnson County. The green and gold label states the Patterson’s Tuxedo…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1930-1955
These three cardboard milk bottle caps were found at the Shawnee Indian Mission in Johnson County. One bottle cap is blank while one advertises the West Mission Dairy on ___…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1897-1927
This bone pocket knife handle was found near the West Building porch area at the Shawnee Indian Mission in Johnson County. The Mission was built in 1839 for the Shawnee…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1839-1890
These wooden spools were recovered at the Shawnee Indian Mission in Johnson County. One spool retains brown twisted cotton thread and a partial label. The gold and black label advertises…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Unknown
This toy soldier was recovered from Ellsworth County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1988. It is a nearly complete horse, missing only portions of it legs, with…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Unknown
This brass emblem was found in the donor’s yard at Hays, Kansas, nearly a 1.5 miles from historic Fort Hays. It was donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2009.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864
These six different types of ammunition were recovered during a 1990 survey and excavation at the Mine Creek Battlefield by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists and crew. Mine Creek Battlefield was…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864
Shown are three of the many bullets recovered during the 1990 survey and excavation at the Mine Creek Battlefield by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists and crew. All of the artifacts…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864
This ammunition was recovered from the Mine Creek Battlefield site in Linn County during a survey and excavation in 1990 by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists and crew. On October 25,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864
This belt buckle was recovered from the Mine Creek Civil War Battlefield site in Linn County, where, on October 25, 1864, Union and Confederate forces fought one of the largest…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Unknown
These spectacles were recovered from the Mine Creek Civil War Battlefield site in Linn County, where on October 25, 1864 Union and Confederate forces fought one of the largest cavalry…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Unknown
This complete ivory or bone comb was recovered from the Mine Creek Civil War Battlefield in Linn County during a 1990 survey by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists. On October 25,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1989
This pocket New Testament was recovered from the Mine Creek Civil War Battlefield in Linn County during a 1990 survey by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. In 1989, the 125th anniversary…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1847-1872
These three fragments of trigger guards were recovered from the surface of the Canville Trading Post and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1994. The Canville Trading Post was…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1847-1872
These marbles were recovered from the surface of the Canville Trading Post, located near the Osage Reservation in Neosho County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1994. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Unknown
This bisque doll head and body was recovered from the Curry site in Greenwood County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1984. The Curry site was a multicomponent…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1872
All three pieces of flatware shown here were recovered during the 1996 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school during a metal detection survey at Fort Harker in Ellsworth County. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1872
This primer pin for field artillery was recovered from Fort Harker during the 1996 Kansas Archeology Training Program. It was excavated during the metal detector survey conducted there. Fort Harker…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1850-1859
This ceramic pipe was recovered during excavations at the Quindaro townsite in 1986. It was first associated with a feature at the site that was discovered to be a late…
