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These brass percussion caps were excavated at Fort Zarah in 1972 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists at the site of the original fort building. These caps were used for powder ignition in muzzleloading and early breechloading guns. By the 1860s and 1870s advances in cartridge design made percussion caps obsolete. The fort was a small military outpost on the Santa Fe trail in Barton County.
Date: 1864-1868
Item Number: 508552
Call Number: 14BT301-3162; -5579; -7800; -9631
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 508552
Collections - Archeology
Military - Facilities - Forts - Fort Zarah
Military - Weapons - Ammunition
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Places - Counties - Barton
Places - Forts and military installations - Fort Zarah
Thematic Time Period - Trails, 1821 - 1880 - Santa Fe Trail
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