Louis Palenske created this photograph of the ruts of the Old Santa Fe Trail while on his photographic excursion along the Old Santa Fe Trail. There is an attached caption which reads, "Looking west along the ruts of the old Santa Fe Trail. We see the ruts, the present road, track of the Santa Fe R.R. and the Arkansas River. About ten miles west of Dodge City, Ks." Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.