Arroyo Blanco Ruts Dry Route Trail Site

"THE POST-1859 DRY ROUTE"

BRANCH: The Post-1859 Dry Route
DESIGNATION: Arroyo Blanco
LOCATION: From the Site F-19 Marker, return to the road and continue west 1.5 miles, left 1.3 miles, right 1 mile and left .5 mile to the marker on the left.
GPS AT MARKER: N37 48.011 -- W99 42.317
TOPOGRAPHICAL EVIDENCE: Nearby is a gully streaked with alkali deposits, the source of the campsite's name, Arroyo Blanco, Spanish for White Ravine.
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE: Multiple ruts approach the marker from the northeast.
USGS AERIAL PHOTO: Arroyo Blanco
MODERN DAY MAP: Santa Fe Trail Map Ford County, Kansas
TOPOGRAPHIC MAP: Topographic Map
HISTORIC DESCRIPTION: Campsite on the stage company's route
DISTANCE: From Dinner Station (site F-15), 8 miles. Sanderson
COMMENTS: The original township survey map shows the Santa Fe Trail 1/4 mile west of the marker
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: (Marker) NW 1/4, Section 11, T-26-S, R-22-W, Ford County, Kansas.

Township 26 South of Range 22 West, Ford County, Kansas

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