Alternately Beveled Knives from the Lewis Site, 14PA307
Date: 1000-1700 CE
These four alternately beveled knives were recovered from excavations in 1966 at the Lewis site in Pawnee County by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. Repeated sharpening on the knife's alternate sides created the bevels. Three of the knives are made of Smoky Hill silicified chalk, a good quality knapping material that is exposed in linear beds in northwestern Kansas and western Nebraska. The fourth knife is made of Alibates agatized dolomite from the Canadian River valley in the Texas panhandle. The Lewis site is multiple occupation habitation site with Pratt Complex (Middle Ceramic period), Smoky Hill aspect (Middle Ceramic period), and Great Bend aspect (Late Ceramic period) occupations.

Alternately Beveled Knives from the Pratt/Wing Site, 14PT1
Date: 1300-1500 CE
These two alternately beveled knives were recovered from the Pratt/Wing site in Pratt County. The Pratt site is the type site of the Pratt Complex which occurred during the Middle Ceramic Period. Knives such as these gained their distinctive beveled appearance by repeated sharpening on alternate sides.

Andrew Barr Jacobs, World War I soldier
Date: 1918
Around 1919, the Kansas State Historical Society and the American Legion solicited biographical information from returning veterans (primarily members of the 35th and 89th infantry divisions) and the families of those who died in service, notably from the Gold Star Mothers. Each veteran or family member was asked to provide letters, photographs, a biography, and military records. This file contains information on Andrew Barr Jacobs, Company M, 353rd Infantry, 89th Division.

A.P.Barrett to Governor Allen
Creator: Barrett, A.P.
Date: January 9, 1920
A.P.Barrett, of Pratt, Kansas, writes to Governor Henry Allen, of Topeka, congratulating him on the "good fight" and expressing gratitude for his work in developing the industrial court. The Kansas Court of Industrial Relations was created in 1920 to mediate between labor and industry. The court was abolished in 1925.

Army Airfield, Pratt, Kansas
Date: December 1945
This set of photographs shows some of the buildings at the Army Airfield in Pratt, Kansas. The first photograph shows the post office and the water tower while the second image shows the PX building. The third image shows the hospitals buildings. The facility housed and prepared members of the United States Army Air Force for overseas operations during World War II.

Army Airfield, Pratt, Kansas
Date: December 1945
This set of photographs shows some of the buildings at the Army Airfield in Pratt, Kansas. The first photograph shows the barracks and the second image shows the service club. The third image shows the post gym. The facility housed and prepared members of the United States Army Air Force for overseas operations during World War II.

Army Airfield, Pratt, Kansas
Date: October 27, 1943
This set of photographs show an aerial view of the Army Air Field in Pratt, Kansas. The facility housed and prepared members of the United States Army Air Forces for overseas operations during World War II.

Army Airfield, Pratt, Kansas
Date: December 16, 1943
This photograph shows the base operation tower at the Army Air Field in Pratt, Kansas. The facility housed and prepared members of the United States Army Air Force for overseas operations during World War II.

Army Airfield, Pratt, Kansas
Date: December 1945
This photograph shows a B-29 on the airfield in Pratt, Kansas. The facility housed and prepared members of the United States Army Air Force for overseas operations during World War II.

Arrow Points from 14PT420
Date: 1300-1500 CE
Shown are two arrow points recovered y Kansas Historical Society archeologists at a Middle Ceramic period Pratt complex village in Pratt County. The complete side-notched arrow point is made of an unknown chert. The corner-notched obsidian fragment was sent for X-ray-florescence (XRF) testing, a chemical analysis that indicates the original source of the obsidian. The flake was found to be from a lava flow in the Jemez Mountains near Taos, New Mexico. This type of analysis helps archeologists learn about ancient trade patterns, suggesting either trade with people further southwest or travel by Pratt complex people to the Jemez Mountains.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Bazine, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: May 10, 1931
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, built in 1887, at Bazine, Kansas.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Belvidere, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: May 10, 1931
This shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, built in 1887 and added onto in 1912, at Belvidere, Kansas.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot Belvidere, Kansas
Date: 1970
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Belvidere, Kansas.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Cairo, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: May 11, 1931
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Cairo, Kansas. The depot was built in 1887 and measured 24'x42'.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Coats, Kansas
Creator: Bibb, James
Date: Between 1900 and 1919
This series of photographs show the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company in Coats, Kansas. The first image shows a row of automobiles parked along the depot. The second photograph shows a group of people gathered along the side of the depot with a steam locomotive.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Coats, Kansas
Date: Between 1960 and 1969
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Coats, Kansas. The one-story wooden structure still stands and is being used for storage.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Pratt, Kansas
Date: Between 1912 and 1913
This photograph shows construction on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Pratt, Kansas. The one-story "county seat" style depot completed, in 1913, features a gabled roof with a operator's bay, a waiting room and a freight room with a flat roof. The building served for a number of years as a hub of transportation. Plans are being made to refurbish the depot for future use.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Pratt, Kansas
Date: Between 1950 and 1960
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Pratt, Kansas. The one-story "county seat" style depot, completed, in 1913, features a gabled roof with a operator's bay, a waiting room and a freight room with a flat roof. The building served for a number of years as a hub of transportation and it is being refurbished for future use.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Sawyer, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: May 28, 1931
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Sawyer, Kansas.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Sawyer, Kansas
Creator: Bohi, Charles W., 1940-
Date: Between 1950s and 1960s
These series of photographs show the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Sawyer, Kansas. The one-story wooden structure built in 1887 and remodeled in 1923 measuring 24 feet by 42 feet. The depot still stands and is in private use.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Sawyer, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: May 28, 1931
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Sawyer, Kansas. Built in 1887,and remodeled in 1923, the depot measured 24' x 42'.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company section crew
Creator: Bibb, James
Date: Between 1905 and 1915
This photograph shows a section crew from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company working in either Pratt or Barber County, Kansas. Railroad freight cars and a hand car are visible in the photograph.

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway section workers
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
A photograph showing a group of Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway section workers in either Barber or Pratt County, Kansas.

Bison Tibia Digging Stick Tip from 14PT304
Date: 1300-1500 CE
Digging tools, such as this digging stick tip, are evidence of practicing horticulture. The bison tibia digging stick tip was recovered from a Middle Ceramic period archeological site in Pratt County that was attributed to Pratt Complex people. The Pratt Complex is poorly understood. This makes diagnostic artifacts such as this digging stick tip important to our understanding of earlier life styles.

Boston Bloomer Girls baseball team
Date: August 06, 1912
This postcard from 1912 features the "Original" Boston Bloomer Girls baseball team. The inscription on the front commemorates the team's visit to Pratt on August 6, 1912. Despite the name, the team was based in Kansas City. The man in street clothes in the photo is believed to be Logan Galbreath, the team's organizer and manager. Bloomer Girl teams were popular novelty teams that barnstormed from town to town to play local nines. They usually included male players in addition to females.