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U.S. Route 400 (US 400) is a 481.306-mile-long (774.587 km) mostly east–west U.S. Highway, commissioned in 1994. The highway's western terminus is in Granada, Colorado , at an intersection with US 385 .
Lost Springs is a city in Marion County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 55. [3] The city was named for a nearby lost spring that was a camping spot along the 19th century Santa Fe Trail. [4]
Council Grove is a city and county seat in Morris County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,140. [4] It was named after an agreement between American settlers and the Osage Nation allowing settlers' wagon trains to pass westward through the area on the Santa Fe Trail.
1845 Santa Fe Trail crossing McPherson County 1915–1918 railroad map of McPherson County. From the 1820s to 1870s, the Santa Fe Trail passed through, what is now McPherson County. The trail entered the county, east of Canton, then south of Galva, then north of Inman, and west towards Lyons.
The area that would later become Oakley was settled in the 1870s and 1880s by travelers from the Smoky Hill Trail.Oakley was founded in 1884 by Judge Fredman and David D. Hoag. Originally named Carlyle, its name was changed to Cleveland, before settling on its final name of Oakley in 1885, named after Hoag's mother, Elizabeth Oakley Gardner Hoag.
The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century transportation route through central North America that connected Independence, Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico. Pioneered in 1821 by William Becknell, it served as a vital commercial highway until the introduction of the railroad to Santa Fe in 1880.
The Kansas Turnpike is a 236-mile (380 km) controlled-access toll road that lies entirely within the US state of Kansas.It runs in a general southwest–northeast direction from the Oklahoma border to Kansas City.
Salina High School South is a public school located in Salina, Kansas, serving students in grades 9-12. It is operated by Salina USD 305 school district, and students who live south of Cloud Avenue attend this school. It serves approximately 1,057 students each year, and about 90% of the staff employed at the school are certified, including ...