Santa Fe Trail Ruts, Fort Larned National Historic Site, six miles west of Larned on U.S. 156. Santa Fe Trail Tracks (Dodge City Ruts), 11 miles west of Dodge City on U.S. 50.

But in her new book, “Crossings: Women on the Santa Fe Trail,” St. Louis-based author Frances Levine tells the stories of women of many backgrounds, each with her own reason for traveling the ...