Stories

Reverend Daniel Hickman moved from Kentucky to Nicodemus with his family in spring 1878. Like many early Nicodemus settlers, he also homesteaded in Graham County.

Kansas State Historical Society

Nicodemus has over a century of stories told by the people who settled here and their descendants who have kept the town alive.

Follow the links in this section to read and listen to stories of the oldest remaining Black town west of the Mississippi River.

• The Settlers of Nicodemus
• Community Interviews
• Oral Histories
• Archeology at the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams homestead