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County: Rice
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Santa Fe Trail - Rice County Segment 3 (Swanson's Swales)

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Little River (Rice County)
Listed in National Register 2013-08-06

Architect: N/A
Category: transportation
Thematic Nomination: Historic Resources of the Santa Fe Trail (Amended 2013)

The Santa Fe Trail - Rice County Segment 3, also known as Swanson's Swales, is a 7.5-acre remnant of the main route of the trail, which was active from 1821 until 1880, though the association of this site with the trail ends in 1866 with the coming of the railroad. This trail remnant was associated with the Little Arkansas River crossings to the west of this site. As the trail approached the river from the east, it split into two branches four miles to the east of the crossing; the branches converged a little over one mile southwest of the crossing. This split of the main route was most likely due to the condition of the two crossings at the river, which were one-quarter mile apart. Scouts would ride ahead to determine which crossing was safest and least difficult to cross and direct the caravan accordingly. This site is nationally significant under Criteria A and D for its association with the transportation and commerce along the Santa Fe Trail and for its potential to yield important archeological information. It was nominated as part of the "Historic Resources of the Santa Fe Trail" multiple property nomination.

Saxman Archeological Site

Address Restricted
Saxman (Rice County)
Listed in National Register 1976-05-03

Architect: Not listed
Category: archaeological site; village site

Shay Building

202 South Broadway Avenue
Sterling (Rice County)
Listed in National Register 2010-04-12

Architect: unknown
Category: specialty store; multiple dwelling; commerce; recreational district

The Shay Building is located at a prominent downtown Sterling intersection less than a block north of the railroad tracks. Built in 1881 after a fire destroyed several downtown businesses, it is representative of commercial development in small Kansas towns during the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries. The two-story corner building assumed its present appearance in 1906 when the exterior brick was parged with a layer of stucco and a decorative metal cornice. It has served a variety of commercial purposes including clothing, dry goods, grocery and retail businesses. Apartments, offices, a photography studio, and a Knights of Pythias hall have occupied the building's second floor. It was nominated for its association with local commercial history.

Station Little Arkansas

5 miles south of US56 on FAS Hwy. 443, 3/4 mile west on gravel road, Windom vicinity
Windom (Rice County)
Listed in National Register 1995-05-11

Architect: Not listed
Category: military facility; graves/burials
Thematic Nomination: Historic Resources of the Santa Fe Trail (Amended 2013)

Sterling Free Public Carnegie Library

132 North Broadway
Sterling (Rice County)
Listed in National Register 1987-06-25

Architect: George Washburn
Category: library
Thematic Nomination: Carnegie Libraries of Kansas

Tobias-Thompson Complex / Little River Archeological District

Address Restricted
Geneseo (Rice County)
Listed in National Register 1966-10-15

National Historic Landmark, 7/4/1964