Abilene
Texas cattle town
Abilene is a city in central Texas, a regional center for agriculture and oil.
The name also belongs to a smaller city in Kansas, known as Dwight Eisenhower's boyhood home.
The Texas city is the more commonly referenced: We drove through Abilene on our way to El Paso.
- presidential libraryArchive of White House records
- Chisholm TrailPost-Civil War cattle route
- cattle townLivestock trading settlement
- Great PlainsCentral North American grassland
Rural cattle-raising settlement
- cattle driveMoving herd to market
- Chisholm TrailPost-Civil War cattle route
- Wild WestAmerica's lawless frontier era
- frontierEdge of settlement
saloon · gunslinger · sheriff · marshal · stockyards · railhead · longhorn · drovers
Rural Southern folk-pop genre
- 1963Mid-twentieth century date
- hit singleCommercially successful song
- NashvilleTennessee's largest city
- travelingMoving from place to place
rambling · longing · homecoming · ballad · classic country
Eisenhower
- presidential libraryArchive of White House records
- Chisholm TrailPost-Civil War cattle route
- cattle townLivestock trading settlement
cowtown
Rural cattle-raising settlement
- cattle driveMoving herd to market
- Chisholm TrailPost-Civil War cattle route
- Wild WestAmerica's lawless frontier era
frontier · saloon · gunslinger · sheriff · marshal · stockyards · railhead · longhorn · drovers · boomtown
ACU
Prefix meaning sharp
country music
Rural Southern folk-pop genre
- 1963Mid-twentieth century date
- hit singleCommercially successful song
- NashvilleTennessee's largest city
traveling · rambling · longing · homecoming · ballad · classic country
- West TexasLubbock, Odessa, Amarillo, Plainview, Snyder
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- Texas PlacesAustin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Fort Worth
- cattle drivecattle drive, Chisholm Trail, chuck wagon, cowboy, drover
- Cattle TownsDodge City, Wichita, Caldwell, Newton, Chisholm Trail
- KansasWichita, Dodge City, Lawrence, Topeka, Kansas City
Abilenecoastal city
Urban area bordering sea
coastal cities · Miami · San Diego · Seattle · Boston
AbileneNew York City
America's largest city
Los Angeles · Chicago · metropolis · megacity · San Francisco
AbileneSan Francisco
Northern California metropolis
New York City · Austin · Los Angeles · Portland · Seattle