Editing Cheyenne County, Colorado (section)

==Historic Trails==
* Old Military Trail - This trail connected [[Fort Wallace]] (on the [[Smoky Hill River]] in Kansas) to [[Fort Lyon, Colorado|Fort Lyon]] (on the Arkansas River in Colorado).
* Omaha Trail - This trail came from Kansas into northeast Cheyenne County and merged with the Smoky Hill Trail east of Cheyenne Wells.
* Smoky Hill Trail - The Smoky Hill Trail is also called the Butterfield Trail and the Starvation Trail. It followed the Smoky Hill River, crossing Cheyenne County from east to west. Lt. [[John C. Fremont]] is known to have used this trail as early as 1844. When gold was discovered on Cherry Creek in 1859, the trail was promoted as the most direct route to Denver from the [[Nebraska Territory|Nebraska]] and [[Kansas Territory|Kansas]] Territories. The route was treacherous and earned the name "Starvation Trail." David Butterfield established the [[Butterfield Overland Dispatch]] along this trail. The area was Indian hunting grounds. Several military forts were established along the trail to protect travelers. The [[Kansas Pacific Railway]] followed this trail through Kansas. The trail split near "Old Wells" (about five miles north of present-day Cheyenne Wells) into north and south forks. The north fork of the trail went northwest from "Old Wells" Station through Deering Wells Station, Big Springs Station, and David Wells Station and eventually to Denver. The south fork was first surveyed in 1860, and again in 1865. The south fork ran southwest from Old Wells through Eureka Station to Dubois Station. Then it headed northwest to Grady Station. The two forks joined up again near [[Hugo, Colorado|Hugo]].
*Texas-Montana Cattle Trail - This trail was used during the Civil War. It ran south to north across Cheyenne County through Big Springs Station.<ref>History: Cheyenne County. COGenWeb. {{Cite web |title=History - Cheyenne CountyCOGenWeb |url=http://cogenweb.com/cheyenne/cheyhist.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106052520/http://www.cogenweb.com/cheyenne/cheyhist.htm |archive-date=January 6, 2009 |access-date=March 2, 2008}}</ref>