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Nicodemus? Ora Switzer’s face, with black wrinkles situated beneath thinning white hair, has come to represent what is happening in this tiny, historic town. At 102, Switzer is the oldest resident of ...
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 War ...
(RNS) The Bible tells us little about Nicodemus. But Christians have found ways to dramatize his journey from skeptical Pharisee to the foot of the cross. (RNS) He came to Jesus at night, sneaking off ...
Formed in the 1870s, Nicodemus was settled by formerly enslaved residents fleeing the central bluegrass region of Kentucky. Only a handful of structures survive from the town, which has been designed ...
GRAHAM COUNTY, Kan. (KWCH) - On Sunday night in Graham County, fire threatened a national historic site in the town of Nicodemus. The sheriff said a man burning his trash accidentally started the ...