That Smoky Hill trail, also commonly called Butterfield trail and Old Denver trail, through the seven counties of Ellsworth, Russell, Ellis, Trego, Gove, Logan and Wallace from Fort Ellsworth to the Colorado state line, a distance of about two hundred twenty miles, be and is hereby designated as "Smoky Hill trail" in the state of Kansas. That said "Smoky Hill trail" should be and will hereafter be marked thereby preserving its exact location.
K.S.A. 68-1017