or Picuris Puebloans before 1680. It is similar to structures of pueblos of the southwest, with grinding trough, ovens, and slab-lines hearths. It also had raised platforms for sitting or sleeping. The building, made of plastered stone walls, had a roof constructed of willow poles and plastered brush. People entered the building by climbing a ladder and entering from the top; there were no doors or windows. The structure is believed to be the northernmost pueblo built in North America. Along with the pueblo, there were twenty five other related archaeological sites. Artifacts were generally those of the Plains Apache of the Dismal River culture, but there are also artifacts and pueblo structures from the southwestern pueblo cultures. Irrigation ditches from a nearby spring were used to water their crops. Herbert and Eliza Steele In 1888, Herbert Steele and his wife Eliza homesteaded in western Kansas. They lived in a dugout until their sandstone house was completed. On the land previously inhabited by Apache and Puebloans, they found Native American stone and other artifacts on the site and wondered about the mounds of dirt on the land. They contacted archaeologists about the site, which led to excavations at the turn of the century. In 1922, two acres of the Steeles' land that included the pueblo ruins was given to the Kansas Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) so that it could be appreciated by the public. The DAR erected a monument in 1925. The Steele's house is used as a museum for the Lake Scott State Park. Excavations From 1898 to 1900, the site was excavated by archaeologists S. W. Williston and H.T. Martin from the University of Kansas. They found that Apache of the Dismal River culture inhabited the site before and after the cohabitation with the Puebloans. They uncovered walls of the pueblo and within the rooms they found animal bones, lithics, ceramics, and a large quantity of corn. The pueblo architecture is of southwestern origin. Pottery were in the styles of both Northern Rio Grande Puebloans and Plains Native Americans. Based upon the presence of charcoal and burnt artifacts within the charred adobe, Williston and Martin believed that it was destroyed by fire. The Smithsonian Institution excavation of 1939, led by Waldo Wedel, which focused south and north of the pueblo (site code 14SC1). A few meters from the pueblo, a circular bell-shaped pit