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The Santa Fe Trail - Cimarron National Grassland Segment 1 is located near Elkhart in Morton County, Kansas. This particular segment includes trail swales and a commemorative marker erected in 1914 by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Travel over this portion of the trail began in 1822 and ended in 1868 with the arrival of the railroad at the short-lived town of Sheridan, Kansas. This segment was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
Creator: Kansas State Historical Society. Historic Preservation Office
Date: June 21, 2012
Item Number: 318157
Call Number: KHRI #129-1580-00009
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 318157
Built Environment - Function - Transportation - Road-Related (Vehicular) - Trails
Built Environment - Kansas Historical Markers
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Collections - Historic Preservation
Date - 2010s - 2012
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Elkhart
Places - Counties - Morton
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
Thematic Time Period - Trails, 1821 - 1880 - Santa Fe Trail
Transportation - Roads & Highways - Bridges
Type of Material - Photographs
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/318157
