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Date: Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 11:26 PM
My name is Dan Pierson and I am a metal detector hobbyist. I'm in Denver Colorado and I live just behind the site of the Loretto Heights College that was opened as a Catholic boarding school for young girls in 1891. Sadly, over the years the school grounds have changed hands several times and the area is slated for redevelopment into residential units. The group of hobbyists I belong to made a deal with the developers that allowed us to detect on their grounds so long as we donated any historical artifacts to them for a display in the future. The attached newsletter from my city councilman has an article on the last page that details some of our activities before the pandemic hit.
What does this all have to do with you? One of the items we found was this spoon bowl. After some hours of cleaning we were finally able to decipher the engraving on it and it says "Rich Hill Mo". I thought you might be interested in seeing it and perhaps could shed some light on its history. Perhaps when spoons like this were produced? Do you know any families that might have sent a daughter out west between 1890 and the 1920's. Based on the age of other objects found near the spoon we don't think it was later than 1930.
Thanks for your time and I look forward to hearing from you,
Dan Pierson
