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These fragments of a Sunday's comic strips were recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. Other newspaper fragments associated with these mentioned the Sunflower Ammunition Plant, Desoto, Kansas, opening in March of 1941. The site was the location of a pony express station, a stop on the Oregon-California trail, a post office, a blacksmith shop, and a farm with barns and other outbuildings. The site was purchased by the Kansas Legislature in 1941 and is in the National Register of Historic Places.
Date: 1941
Item Number: 508771
Call Number: 14WH316-3455
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 508771
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Collections - Archeology
Community Life
Date - 1940s - 1941
Home and Family - Daily life - Leisure
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Places - Counties - Washington
Places - Historic sites - Hollenberg Pony Express Station
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Type of Material - Cartoons
Type of Material - Newspapers
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