Located in North Central Kansas at the intersection of Interstate 70 and K-15, Abilene is approximately 27 mi (43 km) east of Salina, Kansas, 94 mi (151 km) north of Wichita, and 139 mi (224 km) west of Kansas City. Mud Creek, a tributary of the Smoky Hill, flows south through the city. The city is on the north side of the Smoky Hill River in the Flint Hills region of the Great Plains.
Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum is the burial site of President Eisenhower, his wife, Mamie, and their first-born son Doud Dwight. Eisenhower attended elementary school through high school in Abilene, graduating in 1909. Eisenhower when his family moved to Abilene from Denison, Texas in 1892. Seelye developed over 100 products for the company including "Wasa-Tusa", an Indian name meaning to heal.Ģ0th century Eisenhower Presidential LibraryĪbilene became home to Dwight D. Most locals still refer to this railroad as the Santa Fe. In 1996, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway merged with Burlington Northern Railroad and renamed to the current BNSF Railway. In 1887, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway built a branch line from Neva (3 miles (4.8 km) west of Strong City) through Abilene to Superior, Nebraska. A marker outside credits the name of the town being given by opening a Bible and using the first place name pointed to. The Hersey dugout can still be seen in the cellar. Lebold was one of the early town developers and bankers from 1869 through 1889. In 1880, Conrad Lebold built the Lebold Mansion. Hickok lost his job two months later in December. But Hickok then accidentally shot his friend and deputy, Mike Williams, who was coming to his aid. While the marshal was standing off a crowd during a street brawl, gambler Phil Coe took two shots at Hickok, who returned fire, killing Coe. He was replaced by Wild Bill Hickok in April 1871. Smith wounded 1 of his 2 attackers during the shootout preceding his death, and both suspects received life in prison for the offense. However, he was murdered and decapitated on November 2, 1870. He survived 2 assassination attempts during his tenure. Town marshal Tom "Bear River" Smith was initially successful policing Abilene, often using only his bare hands. As railroads were built further south, the end of the Chisholm Trail was slowly moved south toward Caldwell, while Kansas homesteaders concerned with cattle ruining their farm crops moved the trail west toward and past Ellsworth. Another source reports 440,200 head of cattle were shipped out of Abilene from 1867 to 1871. In 1871, more than 5,000 cowboys herded from 600,000 to 700,000 cows to Abilene and other Kansas railheads. The stockyards shipped 35,000 head in 1867 and became the largest stockyards west of Kansas City, Kansas. From 1867 to 1871, the Chisholm Trail ended in Abilene, bringing in many travelers and making Abilene one of the wildest towns in the west. McCoy encouraged Texas cattlemen to drive their herds to his stockyards. The town grew quickly and became the first "cow town" of the west. The first twenty carloads left September 5, 1867, en route to Chicago, Illinois, where McCoy was familiar with the market. The Kansas Pacific put in a spur line at Abilene that enabled the cattle cars to be loaded and sent on to their destinations. McCoy purchased 250 acres of land north and east of Abilene, on which he built a hotel, the Drover's Cottage, stockyards equipped for 2,000 heads of cattle, and a stable for their horses. In 1867, the Kansas Pacific Railway ( Union Pacific) pushed westward through Abilene.
It was not until 1860 that it was named Abilene, from a passage in the Bible ( Luke 3:1), meaning "grassy plains". In 1857, Dickinson County was founded and Abilene began as a stage coach stop, established by Timothy Hersey and named Mud Creek. In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. In 1803, most of modern Kansas was secured by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase. See also: History of Kansas 19th century Joseph McCoy's Drover's Hotel, McCoy's Stock Yard in 1867 1915 railroad map of Dickinson County
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