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Black Jack Ruts Audio Tour Stop 6
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From this spot is a great view of these impressive ruts as they go downhill towards Grindstone Creek. There are at least 5 other much shallower ruts here that can only be seen after the prairie has been burned in the spring. The Narrows was a ridge that allowed the wagons to safely navigate between tributaries that either flowed to the Marais des Cygnes River to the south or to the Wakarusa River to the north. The Narrows curves to the northwest and west about 9 miles to Willow Springs. From there the prairie flattened out onto a broad plain to points further west, like Council Grove.
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Curve in the Trail
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