Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1941
This crock fragment was recovered from the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County during the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. The interior and exterior of the crock…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1941
This saucer fragment was recovered from the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County during the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. The porcelain saucer is decorated with molded…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1910
This bottle base was recovered from the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County during the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. The base shows a pontil scar, also…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Unknown
This powder horn was donated by Chief Sylvester Tinker to the Kansas Historical Society in 1987. It once belonged to his grandfather, William Tinker, an interpreter for the Osage when…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1872
This ceramic pipe bowl was recovered from Fort Harker during the 1996 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. The pipe bowl is manufactured of clay in a two-part mold (mold…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1872
These knapsack hooks were recovered from Fort Harker during the 1996 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. They were used to secure a soldier’s knapsack, worn on the back and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1872
These military buttons were recovered from Fort Harker during the 1996 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. They are all made of brass. Those on the bottom row were in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1872
This gun rack label was recovered from Fort Harker during the 1996 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. The label is stamped with the letter “P.” Fort Harker was located…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1850-1854
This metal container cap was recovered from Fort Atkinson in Ford County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2015. The cap is decorated with a stamped five-pointed star…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1850-1854
These harness buckles were recovered from Fort Atkinson in Ford County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2015. Buckles like these were attached to harness straps, collars, and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1842-1853
This nail was recovered from the Fort Scott National Historic Site during excavations conducted there between 1968 through 1972 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. Nails are sized by pennyweight, thought…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1850-1854
This steel trap was recovered from Fort Atkinson in Ford County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2015. Trap such as this one are designed to catch an…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1842-1853
This pipe bowl was recovered from the Fort Scott National Historic Site during excavations conducted there between 1968 through 1972 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. A raised band surrounds the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1960
This overall suspender clip was discovered at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove during the excavations at the 2016 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. The brightly colored clip…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1842-1853
This hatchet was recovered from the Fort Scott National Historic Site during excavations conducted there between 1968 through 1972 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. Hatchets are small axes used with…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
These decorated dish fragments 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.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1869
This brass button front was excavated at Fort Zarah in 1972 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists at the site of the original fort building. The button has a charred plain…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
The canning jar fragments 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.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1869
This plate or platter fragment was excavated at Fort Zarah in 1972 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists at the site of the original fort building. The dish was manufactured by…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1869
These brass percussion caps were excavated at Fort Zarah in 1972 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists at the site of the original fort building. These caps were used for powder…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1869
This slate pencil fragment was recovered at Fort Zarah in 1972 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists at the site of the original fort building. Slate pencils were used on slate…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1868
This General Service button was recovered at Fort Zarah in 1972 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists at the site of the original fort building. The button was made of brass…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1868
These brass percussion caps were excavated at Fort Zarah in 1972 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists at the site of the original fort building. These caps were used for powder…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1869
These brass bullet cases were excavated at Fort Zarah in 1972 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists at the site of the original fort building. They were used in seven shot…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1869
These lead minie balls were excavated at Fort Zarah in 1972 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists at the site of the original fort building. From left to right the bullets…
