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These two door knobs were excavated at Fort Zarah in 1969 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The ceramic door knobs are decorated in a style known as Bennington, after the manufacturer, and show a threaded interior. The fort was a small outpost on the Santa Fe trail in Barton County occupied from 1864 to 1869. The trading post building within the fort, from where these door knobs were located, burned in 1868.
Date: 1864-1868
Item Number: 455137
Call Number: 14BT301-2465 & -2466
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 455137
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Collections - Archeology
Military - Facilities - Forts - Fort Zarah
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Furnishings - Household Accessory - Door Knob
Places - Counties - Barton
Thematic Time Period - Trails, 1821 - 1880
Transportation - Trails - Santa Fe
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