BRANCH: The Pre-1859 Dry Route
DESIGNATION: Hillside Cemetery Ruts
LOCATION: From Site E-5 Marker, return to the road, east .2 mile, right 2 miles, right 4 miles, left 4 miles, right 1.5 miles, right .5 mile, right .1 mile to the cemetery entance, and left .3 mile to the marker.
GPS AT MARKER: N37 56.374 -- W99 26.932
TOPOGRAPHICAL EVIDENCE: None
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE: Multiple ruts run southwest from the marker.
USGS AERIAL PHOTO: Hillside Cemetery Ruts
MODERN DAY MAP: Santa Fe Trail Map Edwards County, Kansas
TOPOGRAPHIC MAP: Topographic Map
HISTORIC DESCRIPTION: None
DISTANCE: NA
COMMENTS: This rut, in 2007, has been marked off so that no graves will be installed within the rut. It has been turned into a road.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: NE 1/4, Section 30, T-24-S, R-19-W, Edwards County, Kansas.
Township 24 South of Range 19 West, Edwards County, Kansas

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