Faded Dreams: More Ghost Towns of KansasThis work takes the reader on a journey round the state of Kansas, visiting 106 towns, such as Palermo, Fostoria, and Old Clear Water, and examining why they have declined or been abandoned. |
Contents
Bendena Doniphan County | 5 |
SixMile House Stage Station Wyandotte County | 21 |
Afton Marshall County | 35 |
EAST CENTRAL KANSAS | 49 |
Richland Shawnee County | 62 |
Miller Lyon County | 75 |
SOUTHEAST KANSAS | 89 |
Le Hunt Montgomery County | 103 |
Raymond Rice County | 162 |
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS | 175 |
Old Clear Water Sedgwick County | 188 |
Lake City Barber County | 202 |
Zenith Stafford County | 216 |
Blakeman Rawlins County | 231 |
Itasca Sherman County | 245 |
Vega Wallace County | 253 |
Kalida Woodson County | 116 |
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS | 131 |
Industry DickinsonClay County Line | 144 |
Zarah Barton County | 157 |
Sitka Clark County | 269 |
Notes | 283 |
Selected Bibliography | 299 |
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