Embedded Document /system/files/2022-12/LT_FR_Silkville_Angermayer.pdf Download this PDF Abstract Silkville Ranch was an experimental socialist community founded by Ernest de Boissiere in Franklin County, Williamsburg Township. Although the experiment failed due to financial challenges, Silkville persists as a ranch. This study includes interviews, an unpublished history, and early and later pictures of the ranch. Authors Angermayer, Lauren Date Mar 01, 2015 Tags Bichelmeyer Franklin County French Multicultural Kansas Exhibit Multicultural Kansas: European Americans Odd Fellows Roger Williams University Silkville Williamsburg Publisher Kansas State University, The Chapman Center for Rural Studies Citation Lauren Angermayer, “Silkville, Franklin County,” Lost Kansas Communities, https://lostkansas.ccrsdigitalprojects.com/silkville-franklin-county. Rights This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). NOTE: Rights status of accompanying images may differ from text.