Once you've arrived at a plan that suits both you and your employees, let your people know about it! Hold enrollment meetings, encourage participation, outline the benefits in your employee handbook, and communicate to your employees what their total compensation package is. This way, both the employer and employee are aware of the potential added value that having benefits can bring to the working relationship.
Smoky Hill Trail History. The Smoky Hill Trail was named for the Smoky Hill River that it followed across western Kansas. The Smoky Hill Trail was prompted by the discovery of gold near Denver and the rush to the Rockies in 1859. It was the quickest route there.
Ten years earlier, California bound '49ers had turned either north (Oregon Trail) or south (Santa Fe Trail) to avoid the high barriers of the Colorado Rockies. The Smoky Hill Trail was virtually unused for that western migration. With the discovery of gold east of the Rockies, cutoff routes were made to Denver from both the Oregon and the Santa Fe Trails, but the main flow of the '59 gold rush was over the most direct route, the Smoky Hill Trail.