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The Santa Fe Trail - Cimarron National Grassland Segment 5 is located near Elkhart, Morton County, Kansas. Travel over this portion of the trail began in 1822 and ended with the arrival of the railroad at the short-lived town of Sheridan, Kansas in 1868. This particular segment includes trail swales and a commemorative marker erected in 1914 by the Daughters of the American Revolution. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
Creator: Kansas State Historical Society. Historic Preservation Office
Date: October 14, 2011
Item Number: 318162
Call Number: KHRI #129-173
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 318162
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 - 2011
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/318162
