St Louis Magazine – article on Sappington house restoration and opening in 1966 Sappington History Miscellany Various bits of background info Excerpt from Crestwood history book Drawing of Sappington House Death of Thomas Sappington Archaeological Field Book – created for visitors to the dig at Sappington House
The following material was adapted from “Notes from the President,” July 2016 edition. The notes were handed out at the July SCHS general membership meeting. They were written by SCHS President Stephen Hanpeter to report to the membership on the June 2016 dig at Sappington House. The Notes also reported on the finds of the…
The dig at Sappington House was featured on the front page of the South County Times, June 10, 2016 issue. Focusing largely on the Lindbergh High School group of students and their teacher, Ashley Lock, the article shows the dig experience as educational for the students and a contribution to the history of the South…
Day four finds at the dig at Sappington House Unit one: Ceramic Limestone pieces of foundation Nails Brick Kids at the DIG-it-yourself activity area and Mystery Mural Work at dig at Sappington House unit one. Finds at unit one. Visitors to unit one “A Day in the Life of a Civil War Soldier” by David…
Day five finds at the dig at Sappington House Unit one: Pig bones and pig incisor, chisel Work at unit one
Day six of finds at dig at Sappington House Unit one: Pigs’ teeth Pig tusk Bone Ceramic Nails No photos at present
Day seven of the dig at Sappington House Unit one: Bones Teeth Bricks Ceramic Bullet shells (not shotgun) Foundation clearly found in place, not just pieces of limestone Identifying soil type and color at unit three Mapping site at unit three Work at unit one, including the surprise find of foundation The archaeological dig at…
The DIG-it-yourself archaeology tent is next to the Sappington house entrance garden. Do hands-on activities yourself, or guide your kids and grand kids through the activities. Dig up the artifacts like a real archaeologist. Clean them. Describe them. Try to explain them. All the while, you are doing what a like a real archaeologist does.…
Day three finds at the dig at Sappington House Unit one: Bones Glass, clear and green or olive Nails Floor tile Ceramic Unit two: Glass Brick Bill Iseminger, archaeologist at Cahokia Mounds, spoke about “Doing Archaeology and Prehistoric Cultures at the Confluence.” Seating in the Library of Americana is very comfortable. Kids and mothers enjoyed…
Picnic Saturday… …at the dig at Sappington House. Bring your family, friends, kids, grand kids, blanket, lawn chairs. Oh, and bring your food and snacks. You will want to stay all day… at the dig at Sappington House. See the excavations live and in progress! See the displays. Do the hands-on activities for all ages.…
Finds of day two, included at unit two, the guys group by the library in the paw paw patch, some more pieces of brick, a nail, some cinders, a piece of ceramic, a huge root that was hard to work around. Unit one, the girls next to the cottage included, some more pieces of brick,…
Come see the dig at Sappington House, June 1st to the 11th. Every visitor gets a chance to reveal one piece of the Mystery Mural each day they come. Yes, if you come once to see the dig, you will want to come again on other days too, to see the progress in the dig.…
Day one of the dig at Sappington House was a day of getting to know you; students and teachers, archaeologists and City of Crestwood personnel, SCHS and site side interpreters. It was a day of learning the business of archaeology with the jump-in-with-both-feet-first approach. It was a day of discoveries, skills, knowledge, and even finding…
