KANSAS
GHOST TOWN INFORMATION SOURCES
Information
posted on these web pages came from many sources, including the following publications
and websites. Some of the individual site vignettes may also have linked
sources that are NOT on this list. Those
specific links will only be for locations than may have had one small article
or vignette that does not include any other sites on our state listing.
This
Information Source compilation will aid in further research for the listed
KANSAS ghost town locations. HOWEVER, please note that the numbering system
incorporated below is from my master files,
so it therefore does NOT incorporate all of my Kansas sources. As a result, there are many numbering gaps on
THIS page, but not in my master file.
14: FADED
DREAMS – MORE GHOST TOWNS OF KANSAS (was 7 website)
Fitzgerald, Daniel C.
University Press of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
1994
21: GHOST
SETTLEMENT ON THE PRAIRIE (was 8 website)
A Biography of Thurman, Kansas
Hickey, Joseph V.
University Press of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
1995
25: GHOST
TOWNS OF KANSAS (was 6 website)
Fitzgerald, Daniel
University Press of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
1988
43E: E-MAIL
FROM INDIVIDUALS (was 2
website)
Contributions or information
received from people and/or agencies are listed here.
The contributor is duly noted on the listing, along with the
date rec’d.
52: NOTES
ON EARLY CLARK COUNTY, KANSAS (was 9 website)
Reprints of history columns in the
newspaper
The Clark County Chapter of the Kansas
State Historical Society
Clark County Clipper
Ashland, KS
6 Volumes
·
a: Vol I - July
1939 > August 19
·
b: Vol II – August
1940 > September 1941
·
c: Vol III –
September 1941 > August 1942
·
d: Vol IV –
September 1942 > August 1945
·
e: Vol V –
September 1967 > September 1969
·
f: Vol VI –
September 1969 > Nov 1970
63: COMMERCIAL
ATLAS & MARKETING GUIDE (was 3 website)
(Various years as noted)
Rand McNally & Company
Chicago, IL
·
1986 (117th
Edition) (1980 census info)
·
1995 (126th
Edition) (1990 census info)
·
2002 (133rd
Edition) (2000 census info)
69: STATE
FARM ROAD ATLAS (was 4 wesbsite)
Rand McNally & Company
Chicago, IL
1938 Edition (1930 census info)
78: WESTERN & EASTERN TREASURES magazine (was 10 website)
People’s Publishing Company
Sausalito, CA
Issues as indicated
·
b - Western
Treasures
·
c - WT Ghost
Town special
·
d - WET Ghost
Town Special
PV: PERSONAL
VISIT
·
Date
of visit:
UND: UNDETERMINED
Sources marked
thusly are in my notes but I have NOT attributed the source on this site -
yet. The original CARD FILE program,
where they were originally listed, is unreadable in newer software formats,
therefore, lost. Over time, I will
re-research them and note the sources in more detail.
W: WEBSITES
OLD NEW
Information was also acquired from
various websites, and they are duly noted below – OR if not indicated on this
page, are linked in the body of the vignettes.
W1: Not consulted in
these listings.
W2: GNIS
Geographic Names Information System
–
United States Geological Survey
United States Board on Geographic Names
Online listing of over 2.2 million place
names and geographical features.
INCLUDES online maps, topo maps and aerial photos.
NOTE: The best way
to access this massive site is to type GNIS into your favorite search engine.
W3: Ghost Towns.Com (W3)
NOTE: To avoid competition with this great site, I
will not fish information from them or “borrow” their listings for my own
use. HOWEVER, I do double check their
listings against mine for photos or facts.
I do list ONLY sites I have discovered through research, or have been
made aware of by contributors. If we
both have the same site listed, it is because the location is well-known or I
have visited, or one I have performed additional research. IF one of the sites listed in this work is
also listed on their pages, they will be duly credited, but they were NOT the
primary source for my information, but are listed as a courtesy as they do have
info on that specific site.
W4: History
of the State of Kansas (WAS WEBSITE 11)
(ONLINE book – The Kansas Collection)
(Accessed Jan 11, 2015)
Cutler, William G., T.
Andreas, Chicago, IL, 1882
·
Doniphan
(Accessed Jan 11, 2015)
W5: Kansas-
A Cyclopedia of State History (Was 5)
(ONLINE Google book) (Accessed Dec 2014)
Blackmar,
Frank Wilson
Standard Publishing Company
Chicago, IL, 1912
·
a – Volume
1 (A-I) (A list of “EXTINCT towns is on pages 618-619)
·
b – Volume
2 (J-Z)
W6: Not consulted in
these listings.
W7: Kansas Historical Society WAS W11
·
a: Kansas Post Offices
·
b: Kansas Place Names
·
c: Kansas
Newspapers on Microfilm
·
d: Kansapedia
·
e: Little
Known or Extinct Towns, circa-1940
W8: Lost Kansas Communities (Accessed
Dec 23, 2014)
·
a: ALBANY
– Nemaha County, Kansas (Accessed December 13, 2014)
Article
by Julie Grimm for the Chapman Center for Rural Studies, September 19, 2011
·
b: Doniphan - Promise Washed Away (Accessed
Jan 06, 2015)
Article
by Peter Masters for the Chapman Center for Rural Studies, Fall
2
·
c: IRVING
– 100 Year Survivor (Accessed Jan 06, 2015)
Article
by Kyle Allen for the Chapman Center for Rural Studies, Fall
2010
·
d: LANESFIELD
– A Town Between Enemy Lines
(Accessed Dec 27, 2014)
Article
by Steven Angles for the Chapman Center for Rural Studies, Spring
2012
·
e: Richmond - A Town Sown Over &
Abandoned (Accessed Dec 28, 2014)
Article
by Neil Bergman for the Chapman Center for Rural Studies, Fall
2012
·
f: ZEANDALE
– A Glimpse of Our Humble Past (Accessed Jan 06, 2015)
Article by Leota Boisclair for the Chapman
Center for Rural Studies, Fall 2011
W9: Wikipedia (Was W8)
NOTE:
Wikipedia is a great resource, HOWEVER, because it is a contributed
database from many people, and many sources, use it ONLY as a stepping point
for your own research. If I find a fact
in Wikipedia I cannot verify elsewhere, Wikipedia will be duly credited for
that fact (with the appropriate date).
Much of what they publish is correct, but a lot is also erroneous. Their information is only as good as the
contributors’ information and same contributors’ accuracy or lack of accuracy.
W10: Where in Kansas Is? WAS 79
·
a: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/towns/findtown.html (02/07/2006)
·
b: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/counties/
W11: http://www.galenfrysinger.com/kansas_ghost_towns.htm.
W12: Dead Towns of Kansas
Blog of Kansas Ghost Towns, by Amy Bickel (Accessed Dec
27, 2014)
Date of blog entry in ()
W13: GenealogyTrails/Kansas (Accessed Dec 27, 2014)
W14: Kansas Memory.org
(Accessed Dec 27, 2014)
W15: Gardner
News.com
·
Article “McCamish, Lanesfield join to create Edgerton”, January 10, 2011
W16: Fly Over People.net
· a: Bushong (Accessed Jan 08, 2015)
·
b: Neosho
Falls (Accessed Jan 08, 2015)
W17: Abandoned Kansas.com (This site has
three sites listed, two of which are featured here.)
· a: BUSHONG (Accessed
Jan 08, 2015)
·
b: KANONA (Accessed
Jan 08, 2015)
Online
story by Daniel Fitzgerald: “Off
the Beaten Path: My Top Ten Favorite
Kansas Ghost Towns” (July 23, 2009) (Accessed Jan 08, 2015)
W19: Kansas
& Its Surnames blog (Accessed:
Dec 20, 2014) WAS W5
· Blog of
Kansas and its Surnames by Daniel Segelquist
(Accessed Dec 27, 2014)
·
Date of blog entry in ()
W20: Kansas
Travel.org WAS W6
·
a: Albany Historical
Museum (Accessed: Dec
20, 2014)
·
b: City of Sabetha.com (Accessed:
Dec 20, 2014)
W21: PBS.org WAS W7
·
“Bill’s Run – A Political Journey in Rural
Kansas – Welcome to Burdick, pop. 60.”
(Accessed Dec 20, 2014)
W22: Mother
Nature Network WAS W8
·
Article about Freeport, KS. “12 US
Places Where Your Visit Could Double the Population.” (Accessed Dec 23, 2014)
W23:
Genuine
Kansas.com (Accessed Dec 23, 2014) WAS W9
W24: League of Kansas
Municipalities WAS W10
·
Directory of Kansas Public Officials
(Accessed Dec 23, 2014)
W26 – Fort Hays State University, Kansas Heritage
This Kansas Heritage Project (Not to be
confused with the similarly named web page W6 above) is “aimed at preserving
the heritage of central and western Kansas.”
Each listing will be suffixed by the county code (CountyCodes
-KS United States Postal Service Website
(Kansas PO’s)
Used to determine if
a post office is still open.
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