Does anyone know what this is that is labeled KANZAS No. 8

[deagleye]

I have been digging in a late 1800 site. I found this piece and have no clue what it belongs to. I do thing it might have been a woodburning stove. It has Kanzas No. 8 on the top area. Does anyone know? Thank you for all the help. This is one of the best sites I have ever used. THANK YOU TO ALL AGAIN.

Dennis

 

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[Montana Jim]

Neat piece!

Two hinged doors, weird.

Part of a stove is a good guess... I have no clue...

 

[Gypsy Heart]

It is a door to a wood cook stove...anytime you see a number like that it is referring to the size of the cookplate opening........in this case 8 inches....

 

[Angelo]

That thing being 2 feet wide I'm thinking fireplace grate. Just guessing of course.

Tony

 

[Gypsy Heart]

You might want to try The Great Western Stove Company that was based in Kansas

 

[Mackaydon]

A couple of text lines here that state Kanzas would be a premium cook-stove-- in about 1856.
http://books.google.com/books?id=co...&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result

Item 749 on page 327

 

[deagleye]

Thank you again for everyone's help. I can't seem to find anything on this cook stove. I guess either it was not popular and/or there is none in antiques shops, museums, etc... I would love to have seen the whole thing and learn more about it. I live in Mobile, Al. and if it is from Kansas I would be intrigued on how it got here. I have found a post civil war new york button and several items that was from up far north at this same site. I can't figure out if there was a plantation, home, or farm at this location. I have found a wide variety of stuff at this spot.

 

[Mackaydon]

Just a thought:

Kanzas may have nothing to do with Kansas.

http://books.google.com/books?id=wm...&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result

Conrad Harris and Paul W. Zoiner were from Cincinnati and apparently made changes to their Kanzas cook stove; one version called the "6-plate box stove".