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These buttons were recovered during excavations at the Baker house, in Morris County, undertaken by Emporia State Teacher's College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1972. They are made of white glass and are all a four-hole dish style. The site, along the Santa Fe Trail in Morris County, was the location of the Baker house, which burned in 1862, along with the nearby store, during the murder of the proprietor A.I. Baker by "Bloody Bill" Anderson and his cohorts.
Date: 1862
Item Number: 508325
Call Number: 14MO701-37-3 & 14MO701-139-3 House
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 508325
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 - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Thematic Time Period - Trails, 1821 - 1880 - Santa Fe Trail
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