Kansas is rich in archaeological remains from the 19th century westward migration.
This PDF is the registration form for the National Register of Historic Places for Uniontown Cemetery in Shawnee County, Kansas. , Also known as Green Cemetery, it is located near the Kansas River crossing and the Green Wildlife area.
Located in the Indian territory that subsequently became Kansas, Uniontown and Plowboy are both gone now—ghost towns with little to show but their names in the chronicles of Kansas and western history. This article illuminates the origins and demise of Read More …
This article contains information, photos, and maps from the National Park Service pertaining to the Fort Larned Military Road.
The National Park Service’s Midwest Archeological Center staff with Volunteer In-Parks participants conducted geophysical investigations of the underground electric line installation construction project at Fort Larned National Historic Site (14PA305) in Pawnee County, Kansas. The geophysical survey was conducted in Read More …
These four photos are of the ruins of the Havana Stage Station and Hotel in Osage County, KS along the Santa Fe Trail. The images are from the blog page “Prairie Dust.”
This report summarizes the Kansas Archaeology Training Program’s 1993 field investigations preliminary results on four separate dig sites which were along the Santa Fe Trail. The author, Marsha King was the Special Projects Archaeologist at the Kansas State Historical Society Read More …
PART 2 of 2: This article was part of a series that was originally published about the Kansas Archaeology Training Program’s 1995 dig. All four excavation sites were along the Santa Fe Trail in Osage County, KS: McGee-Harris Stage Station, Read More …
PART 1 of 2: An article in a series that was published about the Kansas Archaeology Training Program’s 1995 dig. All four of the investigated sites were part of the Santa Fe Trail in Osage County, KS: McGee-Harris Stage Station, Read More …
This is a survey report by the National Park Services about the Last Chance Store which was a store near the Santa Fe Trail. The survey was conducted when nominating the site to the National Register of Historic Places.
This article is about the dig at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove, Kansas by the Kansas Archeology Training program’s field school in 2016. It details the excavation site and the artifacts they recovered during the dig.