What is Abilene?
1. HAPPY TRAILS! $400:
Between 1867 & 1871 1.5 million head of cattle moo-ved N. on the Chisholm Trail to its terminus in Abilene in this Midwestern state
2. WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS? $600:
His presidential library, museum & boyhood home: 200 SE 4th Street, Abilene, Kansas.
3. PRESIDENTIAL BURIAL PLACES $800:
Abilene, Kansas
4. 1867 $1000:
In 1867 the first cattle from this trail arrived at the railroad yards of Abilene, Kansas
5. HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU $2000:
Starting south of San Antonio & ending in Abilene, Kansas, from 1867 to 1871, 1.5 million head of cattle headed north on this trail
6. PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES $1000:
Abilene, Kansas
7. HOW THE WEST WAS SPUN $600:
A Topeka paper said this "wild" gunfighter should be thanked for "the safety of life and property at Abilene"
8. THE OLD WEST $1600:
In 1867 Joseph McCoy set up a shipping yard in Abilene, Kansas to hold Texas cattle arriving on this trail
9. THEY SHOT THE SHERIFF $1200:
In 1876 Jack McCall shot this former Abilene marshal in the back of the head during a poker game in Deadwood
10. 19th CENTURY PERSONALITIES $200:
For most of 1871, he was Marshal of Abilene, Kansas, one of the wildest towns in the Wild West
11. WE'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE $400:
We left Abilene & drove straight north on Highway 15 to Fairbury in this state
12. 19th CENTURY HISTORY $400:
This "wild" guy was hired as the marshal of Abilene in 1871
13. AN "A" IN HISTORY $1000:
In 1867 entrepreneur Joseph McCoy selected this Kansas town as the railhead for Tex. cattle drives
14. PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES $800:
The complex of buildings at this library in Abilene, Kansas includes a nondenominational chapel where the president is buried
15. LET'S ALL HEAD TO KANSAS $300:
Near this president's library & museum in Abilene you'll also find his grave & boyhood home
16. FIRST LADIES $300:
She's buried in Abilene, Kansas beside her husband
17. U.S. CITIES $400:
This Texas city was named for the Kansas town that Dwight D. Eisenhower once called home
18. MUSEUMS $400:
The Eisenhower Center in this Kansas town houses numerous mementos of the president's life & career
19. THE OLD WEST $200:
When Abilene decided to clean up its image in 1871, it dismissed this "wild" marshal
20. U.S. PRESIDENTS $600:
This future president graduated from Abilene High School in 1909
21. AMERICAN HISTORY $400:
Traffic on this trail between San Antonio & Abilene peaked in 1871 with 600,000 cattle
22. U.S. CITIES $1000:
Tourist spots in this Kansas city include the Eisenhower Center & the Greyhound Hall of Fame
23. TRAVEL & TOURISM $600:
When traveling through this Kansas city, be sure to stop at Dwight Eisenhower's boyhood home
24. WILD BILL HICKOK $400:
In 1871 he held this post in Abilene, Kansas
25. KANSAS $800:
You can visit this president's boyhood home in Abilene
Source: https://www.j-archive.com/