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FORT ST.
LOUIS
Glen
Evans excavated the site of Fort St. Louis in 1950 with a team from the
Museum. Their work was an effort to show that this site on Garcia Creek
was the original location of La Salle's colony.
It
was not until the current excavation artifacts that were definitively of French
origin were actually found. However, before that most recent excavation
began, the archeologists tapped Glen’s knowledge of the site.
Artifacts
found at the original excavation
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Item:
41VT4 (TMM 1044)
Objects: Musket balls
The
lead shot was used in long-
barreled rifles. |
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Item:
41VT4 (TMM 1044)-4
Object: Gunflint
The
gunflint was used in flintlock rifles
to ignite the gunpowder |
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Items:
41VT4 (TMM 1044)-26
Objects: Copper kettle handle
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Items:
41VT4 (TMM 1044)-11
Objects: Fragment
of the kettle |
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Items:
41VT4 (TMM 1044) -13
Object: Majolica pottery fragment |
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Item:
41VT4 (TMM 1044)-4
Object: Clay pipe |
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Item:
41VT4 (TMM 1044)-19
Object:
Scissors |
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Items:
41VT4 (TMM 1044)-5,-7
Objects:
Slate with inscription
and
slate pencil |
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The
site is also known as the Keeran site, after the owners of the
land on which it was found.
A
report on the original work of the Museum was never published,
but a later one was produced by the Texas Historical
Commission-see below.
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All specimens are on loan from the Texas Archeological Research Lab of
the University of Texas at Austin
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This site is currently being
excavated by the Texas Historical Commission, and recent finds have been very
exciting. The story of the dig is recorded on a special web site:
More
about Fort St. Louis
Gilmore,
K., 1973, The Keeran Site: The probable Site of La Salle's Fort St. Louis in
Texas, Texas Historical Commission, Office of the State Archeologist
Reports, # 24
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