Ghost Settlement on the Prairie: A Biography of Thurman, Kansas

by Joseph V. Hickey

Four miles southeast of the village of Matfield Green in Chase County, Kansas--the heart of the Flint Hills--lies the abandoned settlement of Thurman. At the turn of the century Thurman was a prosperous farming and ranching settlement with fifty-one households, a post office, two general stores, a blacksmith shop, five schools, and a church. Today, only the ruins of Thurman remain.

Joseph Hickey uses Thurman to explore the settlement form of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700606807
• ISBN13: 9780700606801
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"