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Boyd's Ranch established at Pawnee River

Courtesy photo A photograph by R.R. Smith in 1886 shows the Pawnee River Crossing Dry Route just west of the Larned State Hospital complex. The huge cutdown leading to the Pawnee River is still much in evidence.

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By David K. Clapsaddle Editor’s Note: Local historian David Clapsaddle writes about aspects about the Santa Fe Trail. The early years before trading on the Santa Fe Trail eventually included Fort Larned and Pawnee County. The 14th installment profiled the Ash Creek area in Pawnee County. Pawnee River Six miles beyond Ash Creek, still in present Pawnee County, was the Pawnee River, commonly called Pawnee Fork for its tributarial relationship to the Arkansas River. Just ...

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