Black Jack Ruts – Place to visit on the Santa Fe National Historic Trail

Description

Walk through five distinct swales created by thousands of heavily loaded freight wagons as they traveled the Santa Fe Trail. A quarter mile, gravel trail loops through and along the swales that are up to 15 feet wide, and 4 and a half feet deep. Exhibits tell the site’s history and significance as you explore. Most of this tallgrass prairie remains unplowed, offering visitors a chance to see the landscape as trail travelers would have over a hundred years ago.

Duration

1 minute, 3 seconds

Credit

NPS Video /Music: “I Will Not Let You Let Me Down (Instrumental Version)” by Josh Woodward Free Music Archive, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Date Created

09/15/2022

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