Abilene is one of the most famous names of the early West - the first cattle boom town.
It was the end of the famous Texas Cattle Trail
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estern terminus of the railroad in the days of the big overland cattle drives. Its famous Texas Street was the Broadway of the Plains. It made Marshals of Tom Smith and Wild Bill Hickok national heroes.
estern terminus of the railroad in the days of the big overland cattle drives. Its famous Texas Street was the Broadway of the Plains. It made Marshals of Tom Smith and Wild Bill Hickok national heroes.
