What is Abilene?

By Abilene CVB on August 3, 2021

Jeopardy-Abilene-Kansas

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

26. LAWMEN & WOMEN $200:

Marshal Thomas Smith of Abilene was famous for keeping order without this, as noted by famed Abilene resident Dwight Eisenhower

 

Source: https://www.j-archive.com/