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Nicodemus Kansas
Nicodemus Part 2: Name without prejudice
Weather effect
East of Nicodemus, Kansas
How did the Kansas weather affect race relations in the post-Jim Crow community of Nicodemus, Kansas? And just how did that town get its name? Click here for the oral story straight from the mule wagon…
Nicodemus Part 1: Into the Land of Smoking Holes
Dugout: aka “smoking hole”
(Kansas State Historical Society Photo)
“9 MONTHS OF SUMMER” the hand bills promised the freed slaves during the Reconstruction Period. All they had to do was travel west to stake their claim. When they showed up, they found smoking holes. Click here for the fascinating story of Nicodemus, Kansas….
