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These .50-70 cartridges were recovered from Fort Wallace in Wallace County at the Enlisted Men's Barracks. Both were recovered in the vicinity of the Enlisted Men's Barracks. Fort Wallace was built in 1865 along the Smoky Hill Trail and abandoned in 1882. Archeologists from the Kansas Historical Society conducted excavations at the fort in 1997.
Date: 1865-1882
Item Number: 509002
Call Number: 14WC303-15-1 & 14WC303-30 1 3/4" x 11/16"
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 509002
Collections - Archeology
Military - Facilities - Forts - Fort Wallace
Military - Weapons - Ammunition
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Places - Counties - Wallace
Places - Forts and military installations - Fort Wallace
Thematic Time Period - Trails, 1821 - 1880 - Smoky Hill Trail
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