Historic & Scenic Byways In Kansas | Maps & Guides

📜 On this day in history — September 5, 1867 — Abilene, Kansas, became the first great cowtown of the West -- and later the cowtown that raised a President! 🏆 A whistle echoed across the prairie as the first shipment of Texas longhorns rumbled east on the Kansas Pacific Railway. Joseph McCoy’s gamble had paid off: his newly built stockyards transformed Abilene from a quiet frontier village into the trail’s end of the legendary Chisholm Trail. More than 1.5 million cattle would follow, along wi

In honor of Black History month, we created this video to celebrate black mayors that have served or are currently serving across Kansas. - Thank you to every individual who selflessly volunteers to run as an elected official. These men and women were pioneers in their cities and we thank them for their service. - This is not an exhaustive list but we tried to identify as many black mayors in Kansas as we could and we apologize if we missed recognizing someone. Please let us know if we have miss