Western cyclone., 1886-05-13
NICODEMUS.
TuE Future GREAT Town OF GRAHAM
COUNTY.

What She Is, and What Her Future
1T Prospects Area Brief History
,.
Graham County is in the second
tier,of counties ip the northwestern
part of the state, and fourth from the
western boundary. 1t contains $4,000
acres Of land. The general character
isttcs of the county as to soil and
climate are similar to it's neighbor-
inc counties, the soi1 possessing the
same wonderful fertility and retention
sgfmoisture
Northwestern Kansas has always
been underrated as IN agricultural re-
Igion, on account Of the prejudice of
Eastern land owners against it for being
{he hoAle Of the poor man, made SO By
.iheir incliRatfOns TO cheat them out Of
all but bare and scanty subsistence.
It may be set down as a verify
that Industrious and intelligent
Farmers can produce as N abundant
crops Of wheat, corn, oats, sorghum
'Iroom corn, potatoes and vegetables
igrawn Ia this latitude, Us any other
county inthis wonderful state. Gra-
,ham county is well adapted to both
agriculture and stock raising, Being
well waterel and q rich soil
N The surface Of the county is undu-
5ating, and may be thus divided: Up
3and so per cent; bottom land 20 per
sent The average width Of the bot
SONS are about two miles.
Beautiful magnetism limestone is
abundant, and is extensively used for
building purposes iii both the coun-
TRY and the'towns. It is very easy to
work when first quarried, being very
soft, bht hardens rapidly when expos
I'd to the atmosphere.
Nesting on abeautiful plateau on
the banks Of the sparkling Solomon
river on the Northwest quarter Of
Section !, Township s, Of Range p, in
Graham county, Kansas, is situated
the town Of Nicodemus. Standing on
the toWh-site, one can see for miles in
any direction, the finest country in the
west, inhabited by on Industrious class
Of people, people, who had labored
hard in the east to obtain 4 home, but
only to fail, have migrated to q land
Where free homes awaited them, there
to breathe tile pure air Of Gods
liberty independent of the bossism Of
the average eastern landlord, and now,
after the trials that usually heset new
countries, these people are reaping
the hearyest Of their labors.
Nicodemus was first plated and set
bled in 1877 BY the Nicodemus Colony,
an organization formed that year in the
city Of Topeka, with the following
named gentlemen as officers: Pres.
w. II. Smith; Sec. S. F. Roundtree;
Cor Sec. and p. NJ, Y. L. Fletcher. In
1873 John w. Niles was chosen Pres.
and Hon. Il. 7. McCabe, our present
State Auditor, as Sec.
The object Of this organization was
to induce these people Of the over
crowded east to emigrate to q free and
independent land, where every man,
woman and child could think, speak,
aud worship God according to the
dictates Of their own conscience" and
none would modest, hinder OF make
afraid. TO such land they have
come; here they are, free and happy, en-
ioYing that which Our Creator had
Intended for al, LIBERTY.
NICODEMUS.
{he following is synopsis Of the
1Srious braQcAes ofbusiness carried on
IL QNr town.
8 G. WILSON
ta9He here ia 1879, from the state
QSNqw York, and branched out in the
mercantile business, and has been
NNsqq@lng well ever since. In 1885 he
vas, the choice Of the Republican
soa4tH Convention Of Graham county
4oS the office Of County Treasurer, and
El727M42Ephaptly elected to that office in
NcNember Of the same year $. G.
Wilson's name is household word in
Sle entire county; having stoc& By the
people in their hours Of want well
does he deserve the respect he now
commands.
C. II. NEWTH
Located in the town in 1884, hay
Ing bought the property from Mr.
Greene, Mr. Newth keeps good
stock Of dry goods and groceries in
connection. with his drug store, Here