Contents of Felipe Frais's Buckets

These are closer pictures of the contents of the lard buckets found near Van Horn, TX after 100 years. At the left is the letter and a hand sewn envelope for it. Also shown is a shaving mirror and a washcloth.






This is the evidence that allowed them to date the find. It is an advertisement for Arbuckles catalog and some coupons from the catalog all dated in 1897.








On the left is a pen in a leather pouch, next is a piece of soap, then a tobacco pouch and papers. On the lower shelf are some dried peppers and seeds.

It interested us to see what someone thought was important enough to keep in their kit as they wandered the mountains in search of silver in the late 1800's.