The once lawless cattle town is now one of the West’s most historic Old West destinations. The railhead town of Abilene, Kansas, had a wild...
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Cowboys on the Long Trail
How many 'Cowboys' came though a town like Abilene or Dodge City each season? As you know numbers can be deceiving. For example the number of...
The Longest Cattle Drive in American History
During the mid-1840s two Englishmen, Tom Candy Ponting and his partner Washington Malone a trio of erstwhile stock dealers, came up with a grand...
Abilene’s Man with a Star
Explore the Great Plains from Wyoming to Kansas and discover the truth behind the stories of legendary Western lawman “Bear River” Tom Smith.