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These buttons were recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. The buttons get their name from their resemblance to patterns of calico material. Patterns shown here are pink asterisks, brown squares, pink diamonds, and brown teardrops. 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: 1857-1900
Item Number: 508827
Call Number: 14WH316-101; -102; -1937; -6201
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 508827
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Clothing
Home and Family - Daily life - Housework - Sewing
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Clothing - Clothing, Accessory - Button
Places - Counties - Washington
Places - Historic sites - Hollenberg Pony Express Station
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Trails, 1821 - 1880
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