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These four shell buttons were recovered during excavations in 1988 at a joint venture between Kansas Historical Society archeologists, Kansas Anthropological Association volunteers, and the City of Olathe. The buttons include a recessed 2-hole button, a 4-hole button with a five petal flower decoration, a 4-hole button with an eight-pointed design, and a 2-hole fish-eye button. The site consisted of the residence and out buildings built by James and Lucinda Mahaffie in 1858. The farmstead later served as a stagecoach stop on the Santa Fe trail.
Date: 1858-1886
Item Number: 453433
Call Number: 14JO356
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 453433
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Clothing
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Shell
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Clothing - Clothing, Accessory - Button
Places - Cities and towns - Olathe
Places - Counties - Johnson
Thematic Time Period - Trails, 1821 - 1880 - Santa Fe Trail
Transportation - Non-motorized - Stagecoaches
Transportation - Trails - Santa Fe
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