Old Abilene Town - Abilene - TravBuddy

Old Abilene Town is recreation of the way 19th century Abilene was supposed to have looked at its cattle drive peak. There are many buildings, most of them are replicas, but several including the church are actual historic buildings that have been moved to this site.

Old Abilene Town features gunfights on the weekends, self guided tours of the buildings, and the Alamo Saloon, where you can enjoy a sarsaparilla.

We saw Old Abilene Town in 2003, and it was a bit run down. It was definitely not crowded. We were almost the only people there, aside from the re-enactors. The gunfight was great and well choreographed. We toured the buildings and enjoyed reading about them on the displays. Any we had a drink at the Alamo Saloon, just like Wild Bill did. We enjoyed the hour we spent there and wished that there were more to see.

I believe the attraction was shut down for a time, but I have read that there are big plans to expand it and greatly add to it to make it more attractive to the people blowing by on I-70. It is still listed on Abilene’s official tourism site. (March 31, 2008)