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Topic: Abilene, Kansas


In the News (Thu 4 Dec 08)

  
  John Macs USA Info And Images, Abilene, Kansas.
Kansas is a state blanketed with golden fields of grain as well as having the largest swatch of true tall-grass prairie left in the United States.
Kansas has also nurtured her share of American heroes, most notably Dwight D. Eisenhower who's boyhood home was Abilene, where there is a museum, library and chapel dedicated to his life and work provide a fascinating look at this great American.
Abilene's reputation as the "wickedest and wildest town in the west" developed as hundreds of cowboys arrived in town along the historic Chisholm Trail during the late 1800's.
www.johnmacsusa.com /abiliene.html   (985 words)

  
 About Abilene, Kansas
Abilene, named after a Biblical location, gained a reputation as the "wickedest and wildest town in the west" as hundreds of cowboys arrived in town during the late 1800s.
Abilene has grown from a small cow town community to a thriving town of 6,500 with a diverse economic base.
Constructed of native Kansas limestone, it is considered to be one of the finest Victorian decorative art museums in the midwest.
kansasdar.org /abilene/Area.html   (654 words)

  
 Boom Towns - Kansas
Abilene is one of the most famous names of the early West - the first cattle boom town.
Abilene was founded as a small log cabin hamlet and stagecoach stop in 1857, and was a crude little frontier village of only about 300 population when it was "discovered" by the cattle traders and the railroad that was pushing west.
Abilene's reputation spread far and wide as the roughest, toughest, wildest town in the west.
www.jcs-group.com /oldwest/towns/kansas.html   (2044 words)

  
 Map the location of Abilene Plaza I Apartments in Abilene, Kansas
Abilene is an outstanding community offering high-rated public schools, excellent access to main highways in all directions, many historical locations of interest to people of all ages, and many other amenities to attract your attention.
Abilene, Kansas is a community offering outstanding schools, churches for most denominations, professional health services and friendly neighborhoods.
Abilene boosts a growing population and the appeal of our community comes from its honest, small town atmosphere.
www.abileneplaza.info /map.html   (211 words)

  
 About Abilene
The Abilene Network is an Internet2 high-performance backbone network that enables the development of advanced Internet applications and the deployment of leading-edge network services to Internet2 universities and research labs across the country.
The Abilene Network supports the development of applications such as virtual laboratories, digital libraries, distance education and tele-immersion, as well as the advanced networking capabilities that are the focus of Internet2.
Abilene is named after a railhead established in Abilene, Kansas during the 1860´s.
abilene.internet2.edu /about   (403 words)

  
 Abilene Kansas Resource Guide, City or community of Abilene, Kansas Facts, Information, Relocation, Real Estate, ...
The population of Abilene is approximately 6,523 (2000).
Abilene is positioned 38.91 degrees north of the equator and 97.22 degrees west of the prime meridian.
Abilene was named by Eliza Hersey, the wife of Timothy Hersey, the founder of Abilene.
www.usacitiesonline.com /kscountyabilene.htm   (578 words)

  
 Abilene, First of the Kansas Cow Towns, by George L. Cushman, Kansas Historical Quarterly, August,1940
He wrote: Abilene in 1867 was a very small, dead place, consisting of about one dozen log huts, low, small, rude affairs, four-fifths of which were covered with dirt for roofing; indeed, but one shingle roof could be seen in the whole city.
In point of morals and quietness the Abilene of today is as unlike the Abilene of two years ago as day is unlike the darkness of night.
The residential section of Abilene was being built north of the railroad tracks, away from the lawless abandon of Texas street and Fisher's addition.
www.kancoll.org /khq/1940/40_3_cushman.htm   (7273 words)

  
 Abilene, Kansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Abilene is a city in Dickinson County, Kansas, United States, 163 miles (262 km) west of Kansas City.
The Chisholm Trail ended in Abilene and brought in many travelers and made Abilene one of the wildest towns in the west.
Abilene became home to Dwight D. Eisenhower when his family moved to Abilene from Denison, Texas in 1892 where he attended elementary school through high school.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abilene,_Kansas   (1204 words)

  
 Historic Abilene
At the end of the Civil War when millions of longhorns were left on the plains of Texas without a market, the Union Pacific was building west across Kansas.
Abilene became the first of the wild cattle towns where gambling places, saloons and dance halls competed for the cowboys' wages.
The marker was erected by the Kansas Historical Society and the State Highway Commission.
www.angelfire.com /ks2/abilene/index.html   (229 words)

  
 Abilene's Tom Smith
Beginning back in 1867, the hard-bitten drovers from Texas had regularly escorted cantankerous longhorns up the Chisholm Trail to be loaded into east-bound cattle cars on a siding of the Kansas Pacific railroad; and immediately afterward the weary cowpunchers would invigorate the economy of th e accommodating Kansas town with a wild splurge of pleasure-seeking.
Earlier, Smith had recruited a local Abilene man to assist in the arrest; but for undeterm ined reasons, the temporary deputy named McDonald provided no help and fled from the scene while the senior officer was being overpowered.
On a beautiful springtime Monday, May 30, 1904, the citizens of Abilene posted an enduring reminder of their gratitude for the exemplary service of the martyred marshal after his body was exhumed for re-burial in a more prominent place in Abilene's cemetery on the north edge of town.
www.kansasheritage.org /abilene/tomsmith.html   (1740 words)

  
 Dwight D. Eisenhower ... Abilene, Kansas
Quite by accident he chose Abilene (his luggage was lost there, –really!) and with his brothers, bought the entire town for $2,400.
Abilene soon acquired its colorful reputation as the capital of the ‘Wild West’ type of cow towns.
Today, Abilene is a clean and quiet community located on Interstate 70 about an hour-and-a-half drive west from Topeka, the state's capitol.
www.baconlinks.com /DDE/DDE.html   (3318 words)

  
 Abilene's Victorian Inn offers local attractions
Abilene is a shipping point for wheat and cattle region, and was at one time a railhead for a large cattle-raising region extending southwest into Texas.
Abilene became known as a rough town in the Old West.
Abilene was the boyhood home of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower; the Eisenhower Center includes his old family homestead, a lovely park, a museum, the Eisenhower Library, and his grave.
www.abilenesvictorianinn.com /attractions.html   (584 words)

  
 Abilene, Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Abilene is a city in Taylor County, Texas, United States, at the eastern border of West Texas.
Abilene is 150 miles west of Fort Worth, Texas The city is looped by I-20 to the north, US 277/83 on the west, and FM 322 to the east.
Abilene is the commercial, retail, medical, and transportation hub of a 19-county area known both as "The Big Country" and the "Texas Midwest".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abilene,_Texas   (1503 words)

  
 Trip to Abilene, March 2006
Traveling west from Topeka along Interstate 70 to Abilene is a beautiful drive--a great deal of it runs through the Flint Hills of Kansas with its wide vistas of rolling hills, prairie grasses and very few trees.
This trip to Abilene was on the third day of Spring, March 22, 2006.
Kansas had one if its few snows of the winter two days before -- Vernal Equinox 2006.
www.washburn.edu /cas/art/cyoho/archive/KStravel/Abilene/index.html   (159 words)

  
 Abilene Property For Rent - Houses - Condos - Homes Abilene , Kansas.
We are a searchable database of Abilene home rentals, homes for rent, rental homes, rental houses, houses for rent, condos for rent in Abilene Kansas, homes for rent in Abilene KS, houses for rent, duplexes, town homes, lofts, condo rentals and other properties for rent and can be searched for FREE.
Property owners, landlords, managers, Abilene property managers, agents and others post home rental ads advertising their homes for rent in Abilene KS.
Our Abilene site has attracted a very high level of visitors and we have many Abilene landlords who are frequent users.
www.homerentalads.com /kansas/abilene.htm   (1000 words)

  
 City of Abilene   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Abilene is the county seat for Dickinson County
The City of Abilene provides this website as a source of information for citizens and other individuals who are interested in the City.
In any case where legal reliance on information is required, the official records of the City should be consulted by contacting the Office of the City Clerk.
www.abilenecityhall.com   (107 words)

  
 Abilene, Kansas
The little town of Abilene lies in the north-east of the state.
Its wild days as the "cowtown" of Kansas are past, but Abilene Old Town still preserves something of the atmosphere of the Wild West.
Apart from this the town is known to fame as the boyhood home of General Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), 34th President of the United States, who is commemorated by a museum, the Presidential Library and his tomb in the Eisenhower Center.
www.planetware.com /kansas/abilene-us-ks-a.htm   (108 words)

  
 Abilene, Kansas  -  Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Abilene began as a stage coach stop in 1857 established by Timothy Hersey and Eliza Hersey.
The name, taken from a passage in the bible, means city of the plains.
His time as marshal was short lived when, in a shoot-out with Phil Coe, he accidentally shot his friend and deputy, Mike Williams by mistake.
www.galenfrysinger.com /kansas_abilene.htm   (254 words)

  
 The Abilene Reflector-Chronicle
Abilene woman is one number away from second jackpot
One Abilene woman believes there is something to the theory that the more you do for others, the more you will receive.
A consultant hired by the city to look at Abilene's retail market gave an overview of his services and preliminary information during Wednesday's meeting of the Abilene Economic Development Council.
www.abilene-rc.com   (236 words)

  
 Health Services
We at Abilene Animal Hospital, as a diversified veterinary practice, are dedicated to the challenges of:
Abilene Physical Therapy and Sports Rehab offers a variety of programs to improve function, reduce pain and manage other musculoskeletal programs.
A variety of services are provided to people of all ages with all types of diablities through north central Kansas, including residential, employment, assistive technology, case management and family and community support.
www.abileneks.com /pages/members/health.htm   (1163 words)

  
 Historic Abilene Economic Development Story
Garry Adam and Terry Tietjens said that one of their goals for Old Abilene Town is for it to become a travel destination.
Kansas is a great place to live and work.
The Kansas Lottery makes no express or implied warranties or representations of any kind as to the content, accuracy, completeness, reliability, or timeliness of the information contained on this web site or the web sites of any link provided herein.
www.kslottery.com /wherethemoneygoes/HistoricAbilene.htm   (712 words)

  
 Abilene Kansas PEO list - PEO Directory
Many Kansas business managers are becoming educated about the advantages that a PEO — Professional Employer Organization or employee leasing arrangement can provide for their business.
Each PEO in Kansas has limited the kind of client the can allow on to their work comp insurance policy.
Finding a Kansas PEO that offers a health insurance and benefit plan right for your company is a challenge.
www.staffmarket.com /city/peo-Abilene-Kansas1.asp   (522 words)

  
 Abilene Public Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Abilene Public Library will host the Kansas Literary Heritage series this fall.
The meetings will be held on the third Tuesday evening of the month in September, October and November at 7 p.m.
We are excited to provide this series to you through the Kansas Humanities Council.
skyways.lib.ks.us /norcen/abilene   (154 words)

  
 Abilene, Kansas | Kansas
Although that image was certainly true in the mid-1800s, Abilene is now a quiet town that gave birth to one of the United States’ most decorated military officers and beloved presidents.
Abilene comes from a Bible scripture that means “city of the plains,” and although “city” may be a stretch, it is certainly a pleasant community on plains worthy of exploration.
Too often, Kansas Citians blow through Abilene on I—70 on their way to more glamorous destinations at the other end of the interstate.
www.trails.com /tcatalog_trail.asp?trailid=XGP107-WE06   (206 words)

  
 Abilene , KS * Kansas Bed and Breakfast Association Online Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Area: Situated at the north end of the Historic Chisholm Trail, Abilene earned worldwide reputation as a Wild West Town through its famous Marshall, Wild Bill Hickock, the annual rodeo is named in his honor.
Abilene is the boyhood home of President Eisenhower.
Abilene's famous downtown antique malls are a must for all serious antiquers.
www.kbba.com /abilene.shtml   (622 words)

  
 Karen Lewis' Patriotic Silo of Abilene Kansas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
It is in a great location just east of Abilene Kansas, a Presidential town.
He has helped me clean up the weeds around the place and found a garage to move onto the place where I plan to make a gift shop for the visitors to view my other art work and to purchase souvenirs of their visit.
As far as I know it is the first Kansas tribute to 911.
www.patrioticsilo.com   (1039 words)

  
 Abilene Kansas Bed & Breakfast - Abilene Bed and Breakfast Inns Hotels Accommodations Accomodations Lodging Travel
This page describes bed and breakfasts and inns located in Abilene, Kansas, United States.
Abilene is a historic midwest city located in Northeast Kansas at the end of the junction of Interstate 70 and K-15 Highways.
The city is proud of its heritage and is best know as the official end of the Chisholm Trail, Abilen an dthe hometown of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
www.ibbp.com /obb/kansas/abilene.html   (164 words)

  
 Abilene, Kansas, part 2
Early on, in the late 1860s, one of the most important businesses in Abilene was the Frontier Store, ran by William S. "Doc" Moon.
Soon Abilene sported saddlers, boot-makers, flsmiths, more saloons and more bartenders, as well as a variety of entertainers.
And, besides, Moon's store was still the same conformable and familiar place it had always been as Abilene was quickly changing from a placid country village to a rip-roaring cattle town.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/great_american_plains/118293   (435 words)

  
 Abilene, Kansas KS - Motels, Hotels, Inns, Lodging   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Historic Abilene Super offers the Eisenhower Center, restaurants, antique and specialty shops, the Heritage Center, an antique CW Parker Carousel and the Antique Telephone Museum.
We invite you to come visit historic Abilene Kansas, we are near the Fort Riley Army Base, Eisen...
The Madonna of the Trail is a pinkish, stony-faced pioneer Mom, in long skirt and bonnet, strutting westward with an infant in her arms.
www.roadsideamerica.com /hotels-motels/hotels/us-ks-abilene.html   (224 words)

  
 Abilene Real Estate Agents, Abilene Homes For Sale, REALTORS and Abilene
We also have information on Abilene home selling, home buying and mortgages, movers and other realty services for anyone looking to sell a home or buy a home in Abilene, KS.
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