Now the Trump administration’s efforts to downsize the U.S. government threaten to walk back protections for the huddle of five old buildings called the Nicodemus National Historic Site.

NICODEMUS, Kan. (KSNW) — A Chautauqua event will be held in May at the Nicodemus National Historic Site. Nicodemus is the oldest and only remaining black settlement west of the Mississippi.

NICODEMUS, Kan. (KSNW) — The Nicodemus National Historic Site in northwest Kansas has acquired another property. This time, it is the historic First Baptist Church at the corner of Washington ...

It was nearly 150 years ago, in a sunbaked corner of Kansas, that one of the first western towns built by and for Black settlers took shape. Called Nicodemus, it became a magnet after the Civil ...

Bates helped establish the Nicodemus Historical Society in 1986. The significance of Nicodemus was becoming recognized ...

Efforts to preserve the town’s historical sites, such as the Nicodemus National Historic Site, ensure that its founding by freed African Americans in 1877 remains vivid in collective memory.

The ranger said sites like the Nicodemus National Historic Site in Kansas, the only remaining Black settlement west of the Mississippi River, receive very few visitors, but have significant ...