Autograph Rock Historic District

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Autograph Rock Historic District
(2) People standing beside Autograph Rock (f5d52a620fc44092831ee35e1d4c5899).JPG
Nearest cityBoise City, Oklahoma
Area58.5 acres (23.7 ha)
MPSSanta Fe Trail MPS
NRHP reference No.94000318[1]
Added to NRHPApril 21, 1994

The Autograph Rock Historic District, in Cimarron County, Oklahoma near Boise City, Oklahoma, is a 58.5-acre (23.7 ha) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. It is associated with NPS Master Plan #123. It includes five contributing sites.[1]

It includes four "rutted traces" of the Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail, and a sandstone outcropping known as . The rock has travelers' names from the 1850-1865 era.[2]

See also[]

  • Inscription Rock (Cimarron County, Oklahoma), also in an NRHP-listed historic district in Cimarron County, also involving travelers' name-carvings

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Autograph Rock Historic District". Oklahoma. Archived from the original on 2010-06-22.

External links[]

Media related to Autograph Rock Historic District at Wikimedia Commons


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