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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.
Date: 1862
Item Number: 505598
Call Number: 14MO701-157-10 house
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 505598
Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Daily life - Food and Cooking
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Furnishings - Household Accessory - Pitcher
Places - Counties - Breckinridge (1855-1862)
Places - Counties - Morris
Thematic Time Period - Trails, 1821 - 1880 - Santa Fe Trail
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