<p>Group parking at Swanson Swales in Rice County, KS</p>
<p>These ruts are lined up eight or nine wide and very deep. This is the area where wagon masters would begin or end using double and triple teams of oxen and mules for the trip across the ford of the Little Arkansas which accounts for why the trail widened out so much right there.</p>
<ul><li>Keywords: safe; santa fe national historic trail; nht; sfta; private; kansas; ks; rice county; cultural resources; high potential site; hpsite; historic area; natural resources; prairie; ruts and swales; trail trace; vehicles; (SanteFe Trail State)</li></ul>
National Trails Office (<i>US National Park Service</i>)
Taken on 6 June 2016
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