In 2006, a cast-iron coffin was discovered in an unmarked burial plot in Lexington, Missouri. A multifaceted investigation was conducted to provide historical documentation and possible identification of the individual. The coffin is an early Fisk Patent Metallic Burial Case.
Presently a small museum site nearby the south of the reconstructed Ft. Osage, located on the Missouri River northeast of Independence, Missouri. Jackson County Parks and Recreation plans to replace this museum with a new education center, which will be Read More …
John Peterson, the curator of collections for Jackson County Parks, and Jim Feagins, a contractor, conducted sample testing of the area slated for construction south of Fort Osage. Along with volunteers, they dug a few test squares and auger holes Read More …
The public reporting of findings certainly is a goal of historical and archaeological research. The following is the reporting of some follow-up research completed over ten years ago.
This excerpt is from the article which is about the history of trails and commerce in Western Misouri. “The survey of a road between western Missouri and northern New Mexico by the United States constituted formal acknowledgment of a clear Read More …
In March 1827, three state-appointed commissioners created a new town as county seat of Jackson County, selecting a site in the northwest section of the county. This was an unusual choice because state law required that they pick a central Read More …
Ground penetrating radar, a time domain electromagnetic metal detector and a frequency domain electromagnetic metal detector were used with the goal of locating a section of the Byram’s Ford Road believed to be intersecting the historic Big Blue Battlefield in Read More …
Ground penetrating radar, a time domain electromagnetic metal detector and a frequency domain electromagnetic metal detector were used with the goal of locating a section of the Byram’s Ford Road believed to be intersecting the historic Big Blue Battlefield in Read More …
This historical archaeology site is significant for the period of 1834 to 1865 in conjunction with travelers, traders and settlers along the Santa Fe Trail. Among the physical features of the site are two contributing resources: the foundations of a Read More …
The investigation described in this report documents the local history for alternate routes of the Oregon and Santa Fe Trail crossings within the Blue River Flood Protection Project Area. The major focus is on the history and National Register of Read More …