9 mi. W of Dodge City on U.S. 50, Dodge City, Kansas. County/parish: Ford.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 15, 1966. NRIS 66000343.
1 contributing site.Also known as:
The Santa Fe Trail Remains, also known as Santa Fe Trail Ruts, are a two-mile (3 km) section of the former 1,200-mile (1,900 km) long Santa Fe Trail, described as the "longest continuous stretch of clearly defined Santa Fe Trail rut remains in Kansas." Now owned by a preservation organization, the site is visible from a pull-off area on United States Route 50 near Dodge City, Kansas. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1963.
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