Finding traces of human history is always an exciting experience. There’s something extra special, about discovering a site or artifact. Janet Hand has spent hours in the fields and along creek beds looking at the ground for prehistoric tools or Native American arrowheads. (Above) is a portion of her collection including both tools and hunting items. (At right) Janet holds the head of a tomahawk which was found on the farm of Floyd Lyerla near Crestline in Cherokee County.
Finding traces of human history is always an exciting experience. There’s something extra special, about discovering a site or artifact. Janet Hand has spent hours in the fields and along creek beds looking at the ground for prehistoric tools or Native American arrowheads. (Above) is a portion of her collection including both tools and hunting items. (At right) Janet holds the head of a tomahawk which was found on the farm of Floyd Lyerla near Crestline in Cherokee County.
Walking the fields of Kansas, and the neighboring states, searching for arrowheads has been a lifelong obsession of Janet Hand.
Her program at a recent Genealogical Society meeting gave those attending a real insight into the history of the nomadic bands who roamed the area for centuries.
Her obsession helped her build a large and unique collection of arrowheads and other tools. She had about half o…
