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A local history of Jerome Township, Gove County, Kansas
Creator: Baker, Fred
Date: 1918
This is a local history of Jerome Township, Gove County, Kansas, as recollected by Fred Baker, Gove City, Kansas. Baker wrote this sketch and submitted it in March 1918 to the Golden Belt Educational Association at Hays, Kansas, and was awarded a prize. Also included is a letter from Judge J.C. Ruppenthal, Russell, Kansas, to William Connelly, Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas, who received the sketch from Baker and wished for it to be donated into the Society's holdings.
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Decorated Dish Fragments from the Hollenberg Pony Express Station, 14WH316
Date: 1857-1941
These dish fragments were recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. A wide variety of decorated dishes were recovered from the site including shell-edged, transferware, banded ware, hand painted, and Rockingham patterns. The site was the location of a Pony Express station, a stop on the Oregon-California trail, a post office, a blacksmith shop, and a farm with barns and other outbuildings. The site was purchased by the Kansas Legislature in 1941 and is in the National Register of Historic Places.
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Decorated Dish Fragments from the Hollenberg Pony Express Station, 14WH316
Date: 1857-1941
These dish fragments were recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. A wide variety of decorated dishes were recovered from the site with transferware, banded ware, and hand painted patterns. The site was the location of a Pony Express station, a stop on the Oregon-California trail, a post office, a blacksmith shop, and a farm with barns and other out buildings. The site was purchased by the Kansas Legislature in 1941 and is in the National Register of Historic Places.
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Doll Fragments from the Hollenberg Pony Express Station, 14WH316
Date: 1857-1941
These china and bisque doll fragments were recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. The fragments represent at least four different dolls. Shown are fragments of four faces, three different legs, and two arms. The site was the location of a Pony Express station, a stop on the Oregon-California trail, a post office, a blacksmith shop, and a farm with barns and other out buildings. The site was purchased by the Kansas Legislature in 1941 and is in the National Register of Historic Places.
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Flatware from the Hollenberg Pony Express Station, 14WH316
Date: 1857-1941
These spoon and handle fragments were recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. Though eroded, four different patterns of flatware are visible. The site was the location of a Pony Express station, a stop on the Oregon-California trail, a post office, a blacksmith shop, and a farm with barns and other outbuildings. The site was purchased by the Kansas Legislature in 1941 and is in the National Register of Historic Places.
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Flow Blue Dish from the Hollenberg Pony Express Station, 14WH316
Date: 1857-1941
These two plate sherds, decorated in a floral flow blue patterned with gold trim, were reconstructed in the Archeology Lab at the Kansas Historical Society. One can tell that the transferware pattern was deliberately blurred, a hallmark of flow blue patterns. The sherd on the left was recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school, while the sherd on the right was recovered by Kansas Historical Society archeologists during a metal detector survey in 1997. Both sherds were found at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station, in Washington County, the location of a pony express station, a post office, a blacksmith shop, and a farm with barns and other outbuildings. The site, also a stop on the Oregon-California trail, was purchased by the Kansas Legislature in 1941 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Glass Bottle Stopper from the Hollenberg Pony Express Station, 14WH316
Date: 1857-1941
This glass bottle stopper was recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. Bottle stoppers were essential to close bottles once they had been opened. Some bottle stoppers were meant to be disposable, while others such as this one could be reused. The site was the location of a Pony Express station, a stop on the Oregon-California trail, a post office, a blacksmith shop, and a farm with barns and other outbuildings. The site was purchased by the Kansas Legislature in 1941 and is in the National Register of Historic Places.
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Hollenberg Pony Express Station, Hanover, Kansas
Date: Between 1930 and 1949
This is a postcard photo of the exterior of the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Hanover, Kansas. The Hollenberg Pony Express Station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966, and earlier as a National Historic Landmark in 1961.
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Hollenberg Pony Express Station, Washington County, Kansas
Creator: Dieker, Leo
Date: 1943
This is a photograph of the Hollenberg Pony Express Station, after its restoration, in Hanover in Washington County, Kansas. The station was named for Gerat Henry Hollenberg, who built it in 1859 and operated it as the westernmost Pony Express station in Kansas. The Hollenberg Pony Express Station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966, and earlier, as a National Historic Landmark in 1961.
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Kansas : early routes, old trails, historic sites, landmarks, etc.
Creator: Root, George A. (George Allen), 1867-1949
Date: 1939 December
This map, created by George Allen Root and later reproduced by the Kansas Turnpike Authority, depicts trails, landmarks, and historic sites in the state of Kansas. The original map was compiled by George Allen Root and delineated by W. M. Hutchinson from information obtained from the Kansas State Historical Society.
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Key Plate from the Hollenberg Pony Express Station, 14WH316
Date: 1857-1941
This key plate was recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. The fancy plate allowed access to the lock tumblers by the key. The site was the location of a Pony Express station, a stop on the Oregon-California trail, a post office, a blacksmith shop, and a farm with barns and other outbuildings. The site was purchased by the Kansas Legislature in 1941 and is in the National Register of Historic Places.
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Nemaha County historic house
Date: 1870-1890
This photographs shows an early way station on the main trail across Nemaha County, Kansas, near Seneca. The house was known as "Log Chain" and was a station route on the Pony Express.
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Nemaha County historic house
Date: 1870-1890
This photograph shows an early way station on the main trail across Nemaha County, Kansas, near Seneca. The house was known as "Log Chain" and was a station route on the Pony Express.
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Paste Gems from the Hollenberg Pony Express Station, 14WH316
Date: 1857-1947
These paste gems were recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. Paste gems are generally made of glass and offer an inexpensive alternative to real gem stones. The site was the location of a Pony Express station, a stop on the Oregon-California trail, a post office, a blacksmith shop, and a farm with barns and other outbuildings. The site was purchased by the Kansas Legislature in 1941 and is in the National Register of Historic Places.
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Pocket Watch Gears from the Hollenberg Pony Express Station, 14WH316
Date: 1857-1941
These pocket watch gears were recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. The site was the location of a Pony Express station, a stop on the Oregon-California trail, a post office, a blacksmith shop, and a farm with barns and other out buildings. The site was purchased by the Kansas Legislature in 1941 and is in the National Register of Historic Places.
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Pony Express
Date: Between April 1860 and October 1861
Photo of a painting of an Overland Pony Express rider passing men installing poles in the ground, unidentified location. The poles may support telegraph wires. Photographed by Savage of Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, from a painting by George M. Ottinger.
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Pony Express
Date: Between April 1860 and October 1861
Photograph of a drawing showing a Pony Express station and riders.
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Pony Express event, Cimarron, Kansas
Date: May 1, 1941
These are four photographs of a Pony Express event in Cimarron, Kansas. Several buildings and a number of automobiles are visible. The Pony Express run, on a route of about 470 miles, began a statewide celebration of the 400th anniversary of Coronado's exploration of Kansas.
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Six gun to 61
Creator: Kansas. Centennial Commission
Date: 1960
This film by the Kansas Centennial Commission commemorates 100 years of Kansas statehood with an overview of Kansas history. The twenty-five minute film begins with the Louisiana Purchase and ends with President Eisenhower's speech in Abilene, Kansas, in 1959. The film was produced by the University of Kansas Television-Film Center with assistance from the Kansas Historical Society, and it was written and directed by Robert D. Brooks and J. William Walker.
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The Central Overland California and Pike's Peak Express Company
Creator: Central Overland California and Pike's Peak Express Company
Date: April 03, 1862
This account statement and indication of payment from The Central Overland California and Pike's Peak Express Company to Gerat H. Hollenberg, Hollenberg Pony Express Station, Hanover, Kansas. In 1858, Gerat H. and Sophia Hollenberg established a way station for travelers on the Oregon-California Trail. In 1860, they operated a pony express station.
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Theodore Hyatt to Lucy Gaylord Pomeroy
Creator: Hyatt, Theodore
Date: April 12, 1860
Theodore Hyatt of New York wrote this letter to Lucy Pomeroy, the wife of S. C. Pomeroy, concerning business affairs and life in Atchison, Kansas Territory. He expressed his hope that the railroad troubles had been resolved, and thanked Mrs. Pomeroy for inviting Theodore Hyatt, Jr. to come visit the Pomeroy family in the Kansas Territory. The letter concluded with a brief mention of his brother, Thaddeus Hyatt, who was still imprisoned in Washington, D.C. According to Theodore, Thaddeus "appears to enjoy his condition exceedingly" and was feeling better every day.
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