Santa Fe Trail Remains
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Santa Fe Trail Ruts
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View of the trail remains in 1975; a monument with plaque is visible in the distance
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Nearest city | Dodge City, Kansas |
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Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Area | 140.4 acres (56.8 ha) |
Built | 1821 |
NRHP Reference # | 66000343[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
Designated NHL | May 23, 1963[2] |
Santa Fe Trail Remains, also known as Santa Fe Trail Ruts, is a two-mile (3 km) section of the former 1,200-mile (1,900 km) long Santa Fe Trail that is the "longest continuous stretch of clearly defined Santa Fe Trail rut remains in Kansas."[2]
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1963.[2][3]
It is located nine miles (14 km) west of Dodge City, Kansas on US 50.
There are other sections of Santa Fe Trail ruts that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[4]
See also
- Oregon Trail Ruts (Guernsey, Wyoming)
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Ford County, Kansas
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Kansas
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Joseph Scott Mendinghall and Donald Dosch (1979) National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Santa Fe Trail Ruts, National Park Service and Accompanying aerial photo, undated, and four ground photos from 1975
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- Visitor attractions in Ford County, Kansas
- Kansas Registered Historic Place stubs
- United States trail stubs
- American Old West stubs