About two miles west were the Lower Springs of the Cimarron River, known today as Wagon Bed Springs. For early-day travelers on the famous Santa Fe Trail, the springs were an "oasis" in dry weather. Several shortcuts of the trail converged here, with the most popular route running between here and the Arkansas River near the present-day town of Cimarron. The sixty-mile stretch between the two rivers, known as the Jornada, was a perilous route for men and animals in dry seasons when wagon trains often ran out of water. Near The Point of Rocks was a well-known landmark and mrnpgr01tlu:1 for travelers on this section of the Sallta }F linil. See Historical Marker #84. here in 1831, the noted western explorer and fur trader Jedediah Smith, after being lost and without water for four days, was killed by Comanches just as he reached the river. Late in the history of the trail a wagon bed was set in the ground to collect water from one of the springs. The springs take their name from that event. Despite the importance of this famous camping place, today there are few. visible remains of the many travelers who once stayed here. In nearby areas, however, trail ruts can still be seen, left by the many wagons that traversed the trail.
K-25, Roadside turnout, 12 miles south of Ulysses Grant County Kansas.
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