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Abilene, Kansas: Old Abilene Town

A Wild West attraction that has appalled the neighboring Eisenhower Center for decades. Didn't Ike enjoy staged gunfights?

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Old Abilene Town

Old Abilene Town is up for sale! I recently visited there in order to buy souvenir beaded belts and snow domes at their Fort Chisolm Gift Shop (billed "Kansas' Largest"), but the whole dang place was closed up with a big nasty "For Sale By Owner" sign out front. The stuffy people next door at the Eisenhower Center refused to give me any information, but their security guard assured me that the place would open for business on April 1st. Old Abilene Town still looks great and will make some lucky capitalist a fine retro tourist trap. It's spittin' distance from I-70 and will always be able to leech bored tourists away from the exciting chronicle of Ike's recession-free presidency.

[Dr. Todd Wyatt, 02/25/1997]

Update 2004 from tipster George West: " We met two men who were were working in and around the train station. I was told they are in the very early stages of restoring it to make a museum. All other buildings were abandoned."

Old Abilene Town

Address:
201 SE 5th St., Abilene, KS
Directions:
At the corner of S. Buckeye Ave./Hwy 15 and SE 5th St.
Hours:
Gun fights after Memorial Day. Local health policies may affect hours and access.
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