Black Pool
Black Pool

The Black Pool, landmark on the Santa Fe Trail (Wet Branch) east of Dodge City, Kansas

"...Passed a large spring some forty yards to the left of   the road. A great many names are carved in the rocks around. We learned   from the inscriptions the [Edmonson Cherokee/white] ox team company left that they had passed there on the 17th..." May 25, 1850 Diary


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