This pitcher fragment was recovered from the Baker house in Morris County by the Emporia State Teacher's College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1972. The collection was donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1993. This pitcher is decorated in what was commonly called an earthworm pattern (waves and loops) at the top and an applied slip of bands of varying widths below. 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 house.
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Mochaware Pitcher from the Baker House, 14MO701 - 1