BRANCH: The Fort Hays/Fort Dodge Road
DESIGNATION: Kansas Soldiers Home Ruts
LOCATION: From the Site I-28 Marker, continue west .1 mile, left 1.1 miles to the marker on the left.
GPS AT MARKER: N37 44.116 -- W99 56.095
TOPOGRAPHICAL EVIDENCE: None
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE: Multiple ruts approach the marker from the northeast.
USGS AERIAL PHOTO: Kansas Soldiers Home Ruts
MODERN DAY MAP: Santa Fe Trail Map Ford County, Kansas
TOPOGRAPHIC MAP: Topographic Map
HISTORIC DESCRIPTION: None
DISTANCE: NA
COMMENTS: The ruts are so named because the Kansas Soldiers Home owns the land where the ruts are located.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SW 1/4, Section 34, T-26-S, R-24-W, Ford County, Kansas.
Township 26 South of Range 24 West, Ford County, Kansas
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