Tag Archives: Abilene

Why, yes, Abilene was taken from Abilene

Posted on October 23, 2008 | Comments Off on Why, yes, Abilene was taken from Abilene

In case you ever wondered which came first, Abilene, Kansas, or Abilene, Texas, it was the former not the latter. Indeed, the Texas version began this very day in a little 1883 dispute over land east of Catclaw Creek.

Comments Off on Why, yes, Abilene was taken from Abilene

Posted in Texana

Tagged , ,

Abilene

Posted on October 23, 2007 | Comments Off on Abilene

The wind still blows every day across the pretty flat land around Abilene, Texas. But it didn’t always, at least not around Abilene, which wasn’t established until this day in 1883. More on the city here, and the B-1 bombers of nearby Dyess AFB here.

Comments Off on Abilene

Posted in Texana

Tagged , ,