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Towns were either pro-slavery or abolitionist. When Kansas became a free state in 1861, pro-slavery towns died out. Survival of a town also depended on if it won the county seat. Towns that were contenders for the county seat and lost typically saw most, if not all, of their town die out.
This is a list of lists of ghost towns in the United States by state. ... List of ghost towns in Kansas; ... Lost America; Monument Gallery ...
The hotel reopened and a bridge was built across the river into the settlement. Following failure of the gold rush, which both the first Kansas state geologist, Erasmus Haworth, [3] and Thomas Edison had previously declared a hoax, [4] Chetolah was abandoned and became a ghost town. Today, very little remains of the settlement. [1]
An enlargeable map of the state of Kansas. Names Common name: Kansas. Pronunciation: / ˈ k æ n z ə s / ⓘ Official name: State of Kansas. Abbreviations and name codes Postal symbol: KS; ISO 3166-2 code: US-KS; Internet second-level domain: .ks.us; Nicknames America's Bread Basket; Sunflower State; Wheat State (previously used on license ...
A short film about Broughton, Kansas, a Lost Town, YouTube; The Vanished Community of Broughton, Kansas, KSU; Photos of Broughton, Lost Kansas Communities; 1907 photo of Broughton, WSU Library; Clay County maps: Current, Historic, KDOT
There are over 1,600 buildings, sites, districts, and objects in Kansas listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas. NRHP listings appear in 101 of the state's 105 counties . Contents: Counties in Kansas (links in italic lead to a new page)
On June 4, 1885 Star City was platted at a site just east of the location where Santa Fe was later established (across the current US 83). Shortly thereafter a company bought the Star City townsite and renamed the community after the Santa Fe Trail (which passed about 5 miles [8.0 km] to the north). [2]
State: Kansas: County: Rooks: Elevation. 2,172 ft (662 m) Population ... 482003 [1] Slate is a ghost town in Bow Creek Township, Rooks County, Kansas, United States ...