The National Park Service manages 433 units around the country, including many smaller parks aimed at preserving places of ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

Rangers have hit out at the Trump administration’s plans to hand over control of National Parks to states, warning that it could lead to the closure of many lesser-known sites and monuments.

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 ...