Draft:Santa Fe Trail-Morton County Trail Segments



The Santa Fe Trail segments in Morton County, Kansas are all on the north side of the Cimarron River. The river runs roughly east-north-east through this area. Nine separate segments of the trail are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and most are included in the Cimarron National Grassland, a national grassland which was created in June, 1960.

Point of Rocks — Middle Spring Santa Fe Trail Historic District
The historic district includes Point of Rocks (Kansas), a spring, and four segments of the trail.

467.5 acre area 2.5 mi south of K-51 and 2 mi west of K-27 Near Elkhart 37.10385°N, -101.93863°W
 * county=Morton County, Kansas
 * date=2013-04-10

Santa Fe Trail Morton County, Kansas, in the southwest corner of the state,

The Point of Rocks--Middle Spring Santa Fe Trail Historic District includes seven contributing resources: the Point of Rocks (a natural landmark and navigational aid), Middle Spring (a natural spring), four trail segments, and a DAR monument. The district is 467.5 acre in area, of which 34 acre are the resources themselves. The Point of Rocks was used by travelers between 1822 and 1872 to navigate to Middle Spring, a source of water on the trail.

The Point of Rocks and the spring were two significant stopping locations on Santa Fe Trail.

An overlook on the Point of Rocks looks out over former Point of Rocks ranch area.

The DAR monument was placed on the Point of Rocks in April 1914. Soon after, on May 1, 1914, the a flood of the Cimarron River destroyed hay and numerous buildings of the Point of Rocks ranch, as well as drowning two daughters of the Brite family.

The district was added to the National Register on April 10, 2013.

Other names: 14MT53-153,-174,-1110,-1111,-1112,-1113; KHRI #129-169; NPS Master Plan #117-118 Historic function: Transportation; Landscape; Recreation And Culture Historic subfunction: Road-related; Natural Feature; Monument/marker Criteria: event, information potential

It includes six contributing sites and a contributing object.

Five linear segments
Five other linear segments were listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 3, 2013. These include trail swale and 50 yards to each side?

Kansas MPS Santa Fe Trail MPS at NARA just indicates info is fully restricted. An redacted version seems not available? What about at NPS in old system? Would have been at Santa Fe Trail MPS http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64500224.pdf Santa Fe Trail MPS.

Segment 1
Santa Fe Trail — Cimarron National Grassland Segment 1


 * address=2.0 mi south of K-51 at Colorado–Kansas state line
 * city=Elkhart
 * county=Morton County, Kansas
 * date=2013-04-03



37.10978°N, -102.04165°W

The Santa Fe Trail--Cimarron National Grassland Segment 1 Area: Elkhart, KS Date added: April 3, 2013 Architect: Architecture: Other names: Historic function: Historic subfunction: Criteria: Number of acres: 0 66.19 acre

Total area of segment: 66.19 acres (0.27 sqkm)

Total area of swale: 13.26 acres (0.05 sqkm)

Segment 2
37.11775°N, -102.0039°W
 * pos=4
 * refnum=13000133
 * type=NRHP
 * article=Santa Fe Trail — Cimarron National Grassland Segment 2
 * name=Santa Fe Trail — Cimarron National Grassland Segment 2
 * address=1.66 mi south of K-51 and 1 mi east of County Road 2
 * city=Elkhart
 * county=Morton County, Kansas
 * date=2013-04-03
 * image=

Segment 3
37.12602°N, -101.89946°W
 * pos=5
 * refnum=13000134
 * type=NRHP
 * article=Santa Fe Trail — Cimarron National Grassland Segment 3
 * name=Santa Fe Trail — Cimarron National Grassland Segment 3
 * address=FSR-600, east and west sides of K-27
 * city=Elkhart
 * county=Morton County, Kansas
 * date=2013-04-03

Segment 4
37.14653°N, -101.8501°W
 * pos=6
 * refnum=13000135
 * type=NRHP
 * article=Santa Fe Trail — Cimarron National Grassland Segment 4
 * name=Santa Fe Trail — Cimarron National Grassland Segment 4
 * address=2.5 mi east of K-27, north of FSR-600
 * city=Elkhart
 * county=Morton County, Kansas
 * date=2013-04-03
 * image=

Segment 5

 * pos=7
 * refnum=13000136
 * type=NRHP
 * article=Santa Fe Trail — Cimarron National Grassland Segment 5
 * name=Santa Fe Trail — Cimarron National Grassland Segment 5
 * address=7 mi north of US-56 along County Road 16
 * city=Wilburton
 * county=Morton County, Kansas
 * date=2013-04-03



37.16927°N, -101.77314°W