Dec 6, 2023
Finding Connections with a Poplar Forest Artifact during a Field Trip to the Anne Spencer House
by: Brooks McCabe During this summer’s excavations at the 1857 Slave Dwelling, Poplar Forest archaeologists unearthed what looked like an indistinguishable iron fragment. After some cleaning, the artifact had recognizable details, leading us to believe that this artifact was once part of a toy train. We researched toy iron trains from the early 20th century […]