Formerly enslaved African Americans left Kentucky at the end of the post-Civil
War Reconstruction period to experience freedom in the "Promised Land" of
Kansas. Nicodemus represents the involvement of African Americans in the
homesteading movement across the Great Plains. It is the oldest remaining
Black settlement west of the Mississippi River.

Formerly enslaved African Americans left Kentucky at the end of the post-Civil War Reconstruction period to experience freedom in the "Promised Land" of Kansas. Nicodemus represents the involvement of African Americans in the homesteading movement across the Great Plains. It is the oldest remaining Black settlement west of the Mississippi River.

District Number 1 Schoolhouse on a cloudy summer day.

District Number 1 Schoolhouse

The Township Hall on a beautiful summer day.

Township Hall

Nicodemus A.M.E. (African Methodist Episcopal) Church

Church seen through a field of prairie grass.

The First Baptist Church

Nicodemus Descendants outisde the park Visitor Center

Nicodemus Descendants

Nicodemus National Historic Site

The St. Francis Hotel (Fletcher-Switzer Home)

St. Francis Hotel (Fletcher-Switzer Home)

A group of people watching people on horseback during a parade

Nicodemus Homecoming Parade

A limestone brick building with grass and trees around it

Nicodemus Township Hall

The First Baptist Church in Nicodemus

Old First Baptist Church

The old school house in Nicodemus

School District Number 1

The AME Church in Nicodemus

African Methodist Episcopal Church

The St. Francis Hotel

St Francis Hotel

The Webster Unit is located between Woodston and Osborne, KS on the north side
of the South fork of the Solomon River. Webster Dam, 8 miles west of the city
of Stockton, is the principal feature of the unit. Webster Reservoir has 3,739
water surface acres, 3,164 land acres and 50 miles of shoreline. Reservoir is
open 24 hours. Good access road. Available fish species include walleye, white
bass, channel catfish, flathead catfish, wipers and crappie. Fishing season is
year round. Current Reservoir Level.

The Webster Unit is located between Woodston and Osborne, KS on the north side of the South fork of the Solomon River.  Webster Dam, 8 miles west of the city of Stockton, is the principal feature of the unit.  Webster Reservoir has 3,739 water surface acres, 3,164 land acres and 50 miles of shoreline.  Reservoir is open 24 hours.  Good access road.  Available fish species include walleye, white bass, channel catfish, flathead catfish, wipers and crappie.  Fishing season is year round.  <a href="http://www.usbr.gov/gp-bin/arcweb_wbks.pl" rel="nofollow">Current Reservoir Level.</a>

Nicodemus National Historic Site

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