Smoky Hill Trail nominated on May 9th to the National Register of Historic Places

Chapman: Smoky Hill Trail and Butterfield Overland Dispatch Segment, 522 Golf Course Road, Chapman, Dickinson County was nominated on May 9^th to the National Register of Historic Places by the Kansas Historic Sites Board of Review. The road original began as a military trail and eventually connected travelers between Leavenworth and Pike’s Peak, Colo. Legislation has been proposed to make the Butterfield’s Overland Dispatch trail, also known as the Smoky Hill Trail, a national trail because of its historical significance. It connected the Missouri River with Denver and was the most contested route by the Indians of any trail in Kansas.