Nicodemus Kansas - What an amazing story

This town was founded by former slaves from Kentucky and Tennessee and is the only remaning all African American town west of the Mississippi:

http://www.nicodemushistoricalsociety.com/photos.html

If you are researching your family history from this town then you should really check this link.  I am going to have to visit this town one of these days.  As a lover of history and of freedom I owe it to myself and my children, that we visit this town, meet the people and explore it's history.