BRANCH: The Post-1859 Dry Route
DESIGNATION: Rock Hollow Campsite
LOCATION: From the Site F-7 Marker, return to the road, continue west .6 mile, left 1 mile, right 1 mile, left 1 mile and right 2.6 miles to the marker on the left.
GPS AT MARKER: N38 06.135 -- W99 20.584
TOPOGRAPHICAL EVIDENCE: A hollow common to locations selected for campsites remains some two hundred yards from an outcropping of sandstone, the source of the site's name.
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE: None
USGS AERIAL PHOTO: Rock Hollow Campsite
MODERN DAY MAP: Santa Fe Trail Map Pawnee County, Kansas
TOPOGRAPHIC MAP: Topographic Map
HISTORIC DESCRIPTION: A campsite on the stage company's route.
DISTANCE: From Fort Larned, 9 miles. Sanderson.
COMMENTS: Two shallow ruts at this point were recently plowed under. The marker is 3/4 mile northwest of the Santa Fe Trail according to the original township survey map.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: NW 1/4, Section 31, T-22-S, R-18-W, Pawnee County, Kansas.
Township 22 South of Range 18 West, Pawnee County, Kansas
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