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These five china buttons were recovered from the Baker store in Morris County by the Emporia State Teacher's College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1973. Shown is a single 2-hole sew through button with a raised center and four plain 4-hole sew through buttons. The orange peel-like textures on the back of the buttons indicated they were made using the Prosser manufacturing process and post date the 1840s. The artifact collection was donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1993. The Baker store and nearby house were situated along the Santa Fe trail. The owner, A. I. Baker, was murdered in 1862 by "Bloody Bill" Anderson and his cohorts, who also burned the store and nearby house.
Date: 1862
Item Number: 457479
Call Number: 14MO701 Store
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 457479
Collections - Archeology
Date - 1861-1869 - 1862
Home and Family - Clothing
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Clothing - Clothing, Accessory - Button
Places - Counties - Breckinridge (1855-1862)
Places - Counties - Morris
Thematic Time Period - Trails, 1821 - 1880 - Santa Fe Trail
Transportation - Trails - Santa Fe
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