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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.

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