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These metal shank buttons were recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. Shown are (from left to right) a small button with a floral scene, a button with an anchor and rope over a black stone, and a larger button also with a floral scene. 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: 1857-1920
Item Number: 509206
Call Number: 14WH316-2073; -3752; -751
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 509206
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Clothing
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 - Oregon-California Trail
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