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Nels Ferguson, a Swedish immigrant, used this float in his work as a stonemason. He was involved in the construction of the Kansas Statehouse and the Topeka State Hospital. Ferguson later settled with his family in Richland Township in Jewell County, Kansas. He used his stonemason tools in the construction of his stone farmstead, Rock Hill Farm.
Date: between 1879 and 1882
Item Number: 223500
Call Number: 2010.43.2
KSHS Identifier: 2010.43.2
Built Environment - Materials - Stone - Limestone
Business and Industry - Construction - Equipment
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying - Limestone
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Stonemasons
Collections - Museum
Date - 1870s
Date - 1880s
Objects and Artifacts - Tools & Equipment for Materials - Masonry & Stoneworking - Float
People - European Americans - Swedish
Places - Cities and towns - Richland
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Jewell
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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