The 2025 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school will be hosted in Lecompton, Kansas at the Mt. Aeolia mansion ruins. The mansion was built in 1857 for the Secretary and twice Acting Governor of the territory of Kansas, Frederick P. Stanton, and his family. Stanton sold the property in 1862, and various occupants lived there until Governor Harry Hines Woodring purchased it in the 1940s. He planned to restore the home and call it Rebel Hill, but this never happened. Eventually, the structure was nearly demolished due to trespassing and vandalism on the property. Despite the damage, parts of the basement are still visible today. The field school will focus on excavating within and near the mansion remains to learn more about the lives of its many occupants from 1857 to the 1940s.
