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Metal and leather spur made by the Harpham Brothers of Lincoln, Nebraska. Belonged to (and probably used in retirement by) Colonel James Oakes of the Sixth U.S. Cavalry.
Oakes was the commanding officer at Fort Hays in the mid-1870s. He was an 1846 graduate of West Point, a class noted for its high number of Civil War generals (Oakes was a Brevet Brigadier General during the war). Oakes also served in Kansas at Fort Leavenworth prior to Fort Hays. He retired from active service in 1879, and died in 1910.
Creator: Harpham Brothers Company
Date: between 1900 and 1910
Item Number: 224828
Call Number: 2010.11.3.1
KSHS Identifier: 2010.11.3.1
Collections - Museum
Date - 1900s
Objects and Artifacts - Distribution & Transportation Artifacts - Land Transportation, Accessory - Spur
Places - Forts and military installations - Fort Hays
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/224828