If that doesn’t fill your Old West needs, you can ride on the Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad’s authentic steam engine for a 10-and-a-half-mile ride to nearby Enterprise, Kansas.

Abilene, a town of more than 6,000 that’s two hours west of Kansas City, took the seventh spot in True West Magazine’s Top 10 True Western Towns of the Year list.

The Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, Old Abilene Town, ... We followed his roads from the Corridor exiting Interstate 70 and enjoyed two days in Abilene, Kansas.

Old West attractions in Abilene and Dodge City, KS, ranked on True West Magazine’s 2025 list for true Western towns in the United States.

Abilene, Kansas has once again finished in the top five in voting in a nationwide poll of historic towns. USA Today announced that the hometown of Dwight D. Eisenhower finished second in the ...

With school starting in mid-August in Kansas, ... Tourists can get a taste of the Old West in that city by watching gunfights and can-can dancers on weekends at Old Abilene Town.

If that doesn’t fill your Old West needs, you can ride on the Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad’s authentic steam engine for a 10-and-a-half-mile ride to nearby Enterprise, Kansas.