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This delicate brass brooch was made in a filigree-like floral pattern with a possible silver center. The brooch was collected at a site that may be the location of a camp used by General George A. Custer and the Seventh Calvary. The site is near Fort Hays in Ellis County. Elizabeth Bacon Custer joined her husband, General George Custer, whenever possible at the 7th Cavalry camps. Perhaps this brooch belonged to her? Fort Hays was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
Date: 1869-1870
Item Number: 456977
Call Number: 14EL430-548-1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 456977
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Collections - Archeology
Military - Facilities - Camps
Military - Service - Army - Cavalry - 7th Cavalry
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Adornment - Brooch
People - Notable People - Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876
People - Women
Places - Counties - Ellis
Places - Forts and military installations - Fort Hays
Places - Historic sites - Fort Hays
Thematic Time Period - Trails, 1821 - 1880
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