Politics – In Kansas, the political atmosphere was highly divided.When railroads were established towns developed along the tracks or even moved to where the tracks were. As traffic from the Oregon and Santa Fe Trails increased, towns boomed along them. Transportation has played a major role in settlement in Kansas. The more businesses that close the more people are apt to want to move away to a bigger town.
There are many factors and reasons as to why a community becomes abandoned (or nearly abandoned).
