RUSSELL, Kan. (AP) — The opening of a 113-year-old time capsule discovered in the cornerstone of the Russell County Courthouse was a little anti-climactic.
About 150 people crowded around Monday to see the contents of a 10-inch rectangular copper box in Russell. What they saw was mostly documents and newspapers from around 1902, when the capsule was buried inside the courthouse cornerstone.
The time capsule was discovered when the cornerstone was removed during renovations on March 23. There had been rumors of a time capsule but no documentation it was there.
The Salina Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1H1bbyr ) the contents also included a 1901 coin, documents from churches and Masonic materials.
The Russell County Historical Society now has the documents. They will be scanned into a computer so people can examine them without handling the papers.