New Commissary, Fort Larned (Site Name Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kristin L. Griffin.

In March, 1989, the Midwest Archeological Center conducted excavations inside Historic Structure 4, the New Commissary, at Fort Larned National Historic Site, Kansas. The excavations were intended to mitigate the impact from the planned adaptive restoration of the structure. The excavations succeeded in determining the depth of fill deposited after the close of the military-period, locating remnant segments of the floor joist supports, and locating a single post feature which dates to the...