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At Larned, Ks. The Wet Route, took in a southwesterly direction and stayed close to the Arkansas River. The river had water in it all the time, so this part of the trail was the Wet Route. The Dry Route went to the west and run along a ridge that goes north of the town of Kinsley, Kansas and then heads southwest to meet up with Wet Route about one mile east of Fort Dodge. Along the Dry Route there were very few places that water could be found.