BRANCH: The Fort Hays/Fort Dodge Road
DESIGNATION: Salmans Ruts
LOCATION: From the Site I-13 Marker, continue west 1 mile, left 4 miles, right 2 miles, left 3.25 miles to K-156, right .9 mile, and right 1.4 miles. To the right of this point 163 yards is the marker.
GPS AT MARKER: N38 07.077 -- W99 45.053
GPS FROM NEAREST COUNTY ROAD: N38 06.986 -- W99 45.053
TOPOGRAPHICAL EVIDENCE: None
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE: Multiple ruts run from the northeast immediately north of the marker. [note: these ruts have been lost due to farming, 2004]
USGS AERIAL PHOTO: Salmans Ruts
MODERN DAY MAP: Santa Fe Trail Map Hodgeman County, Kansas
TOPOGRAPHIC MAP: Topographic Map
HISTORIC DESCRIPTION: None
DISTANCE: NA
COMMENTS: The original township survey map indicates the Fort Hays/Fort Dodge Road running a short distance to the southeast of the marker
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SW 1/4, Section 21, T-22-S, R-22-W, Hodgeman County, Kansas
Township 22 South of Range 22 West, Hodgeman County, Kansas
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