Kansas is rich in archaeological remains from the 19th century westward migration.
This article covers the events at the Lone Elm Park dedication, and its connection to the Santa Fe Trail and the Lone Elm Campground site. Page 4 specifically mentions the archaeological investigations that have been done in and around this Read More …
This Kansas City Star newspaper article gives the story of the Lone Elm site. The reporter specifically mentions artifacts that have been excavated from the site in the article from 2003.
This webpage gives information about the historical marker for Lone Elm Campground. Located in the city of Olathe in Johnson County, Kansas, Lone Elm Campground, formerly known as Round Grove, was used as a campsite by pioneers headed west along Read More …
The article discusses the 1988 excavations done at the Mahaffie Farmstead in two separate site locations. One dig site was at the suspected original 1858 Mahaffie dwelling, and the other dig site was near an outbuilding which may have been Read More …
This article gives the details of artifacts which were found during the Kansas Archaeological Training Program 2000 summer dig site around historic Fort Ellsworth in Kansas. It was hoped that the data from the dig site would discover evidence of Read More …
This document is comprised of thirty photographic images of the Fort Ellsworth, Kanapolis Lake archaeological dig site.
The text gives the history of Fort Zarah, as a military fort built to protect wagon trains and settlers along the Santa Fe Trail in Barton County, Kansas. There have been several archaeological digs to investigate and determine its exact Read More …
This document contains photos of a general overview of the Lower Cimarron Springs site, including several segments of the Santa Fe Trail, along with photos of artifacts from the area.
This report contains a detailed narrative on the historical signifiagnace of the Lower Cimarron Springs site and the Santa Fe Trail. Pages 8-12 are specifically about archaeological inverstigations done on the area. The purpose of the report was to nominate Read More …
An exterior view of the old Fort Riley hospital constructed with pine and oak. The building had a veranda along its front or north wall.