NPS Santa Fe National Historic Trail
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  • 0936. Oxbow

    Aerial view of the fort with oxbow in the foreground and red lines indicating its contours.

    The depression surrounding this area was once part of the Pawnee River. Before Fort Larned was built, the river naturally changed course.  The dry oxbow was used for wood piles and hay stacks.