Oklahoma! at Abilene's Great Plains Theatre!
Come and see Oklahoma! at the Great Plains Theatre, June 29 - July 15. Then take your ticket stub and get a discounted admission to the Eisenhower Presidential Librairy, Museum and Boyhood Home! Best of both worlds!
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Oklahoma's Laurey & Curly visit the Eisenhower Presidential Library!
Oklahoma will be at the Great Plains Theatre June 29 - July 15! Plan your vacation package through the Abilene Convention & Visitors Bureau (abilenekansas.org) and visit the Eisenhower AND Great Plains Theatre! What a deal!
Abilene Kansas
Kasajon's Home State
Around KS - Governor's Proclamation of the 150th Anniversary of the Chisholm Trail - April 12, 2017
(Frank) Welcome back. I mean we did this last year. For some reason, the older you get the faster the year goes, and here we are about halfway through the month of April already. (Deb) Yes, and I'm not even right in 2016 yet. I'm way behind. We've got such a busy year coming up. There are so many events this year. So many great events coming up to take the kids to, so they can find out about Kansas history. One of the things that I love about sharing history and what we've got coming up with the Chisholm Trail, the Proclamation Day coming up in Abilene, that's so important is the Chisholm Trail and the cattle drives, that's so important to how we became such a big beef producer. That's so important to the Kansas economy. It's not just that something happened a hundred and fifty years ago, big deal, no, that created an industry in Kansas that, of course, as we at AGam know, is really important. You get to see the evolution of those things and how they came about. Abilene, of course, is marking 150th of the Chisholm Trail as are many other communities in Kansas throughout the year. Just so much fun. (Frank) In an earlier show we had talked about Abilene, we talked about the song Abilene. (Deb) We did. (Frank) I erroneously said, well that's about Abilene, Texas, but I did the research after one of our viewers did say… (Deb) Roger Ringer. (Frank) …He's wrong. (Deb) Roger Ringer. Yes. (Frank) And I admit I was wrong and I should have known that because I was working at KSAL in Salina when the movie Abilene was made about Abilene, Kansas, and the song Abilene, Abilene is about Abilene, Kansas, so there. (Deb) That's really sad that it took all of that for you to come full circle and figure it all out, Frank, with all that background. (Frank) It is amazing what you can find out on Google. (Deb) It is. Google that stuff. That's right. (Frank) Google, Google, tell me about Abilene. (Deb) All right. Let's watch about Proclamation Day in Abilene. Abilene, Abilene. (Frank) Abilene. (Deb) Events marking the 150th Anniversary of the Chisholm Trail have already begun but there are dozens more in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas as communities along the way recall the Trail's storied past. Abilene is marking the Governor’s Proclamation Day on April 29 with ceremonies beginning at noon. Among all the whereases and therefores lies the heart of the celebration, declaring the historical relevance of the Chisholm Trail to the State of Kansas: Whereas--more than four million Texas longhorn cattle came up the trail... Whereas--the Chisholm Trail reached the communities of Caldwell, Wichita, Newton, North Newton, Durham and Abilene with branches to Ellsworth and beyond.... Whereas, well, you get the picture. Whereas, we are going to celebrate big! Senator Randall Hardy will read the declaration and then the Buckeye Saddle Club will carry the document in a saddlebag on horseback for the first leg of its journey to Texas. The rider will hand-off to a fresh horse and rider about 20 miles down the trail, continuing through Newton, Wichita, Clearwater, Mayfield, and finally to the state boundary in Caldwell. The Oklahoma proclamation riders will meet the final Kansas rider, Sam Wylie and his mounted police escorts, at the intersection of Main and 1st Streets. The proclamations from each state will be exchanged at 12pm high noon on Saturday, May 6th, during Caldwell's Chisholm Trail Festival. Proclamation Day in Abilene will feature our friends, Ron Wilson and Jeff Davidson, and Ken Spurgeon will be on hand for a screening of Home on the Range. We are excited to turn the Great Plains Theatre into the Great Western Stockyards again. This is just one of many Chisholm Trail related events so check their website for the schedule and we will do our best to keep ahead of the cowboys!
(Deb) Well, it's been a great day, folks. I'm Deb. (Frank) Oh, I'm Frank [Laughs]. (Deb) We'll see you somewhere. (Frank) Somewhere Around Kansas, if we're awake. [Laughs].
The I-70 Golf Tour Extra Holes: Stagg Hill in Manhattan
A couple of more holes with Stagg Hill Golf Club General Manager Dusty Swinney & Eagle Communications' Jeremy Coulter in Manhattan KS.
Thanks to our sponsors... Abilene Rent-All and Sales Inc., Great Plains Theatre, Golf USA of Manhattan, Salina Area Technical College, & Golf Shop.
American Brothers - Atlantic City Cover
Pure American Brothers performing a cover of Atlantic City at the Great Plains Theatre in Abilene, Kansas on 11-10-2012 as part of the Dickinson County Stage show.
GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER 1945 VICTORY TOUR AND HOMECOMING TO ABILENE 85374
This historic, silent newsreel was made for the home market (a sound version would have been shown in theaters) shows the victory tour of Allied Supreme Commander Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in the aftermath of V-E Day, May 8, 1945. Ike made a series of triumphant visits to London (57 seconds), Paris (1:50), Washington, D.C.(2:27) where he was re-united with his wife Mamie, New York (4:00) including Yankee Stadium (6:27), West Point (6:50), Kansas City (7:44) and finally (8:58) on June 22, 1945 Eisenhower returned to his hometown of Abilene, Kansas. The parade included members of the 1909 local high school football team (9:27) which Ike had served as running back. Eisenhower did not have much time to dilly-dally in the USA, as in November 1945, Eisenhower returned to Washington to replace Marshall as Chief of Staff of the Army. His main role at that time was rapid demobilization of millions of soldiers in the European Theater and later in Asia and around the world.
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Abilene Cemetery Historical Families
Josh goes to the cemetery and films graves of Abilene Historical Families
UHS Class of 2019 Senior Wave
Senior Wave
Our Trip West 1936
Item Number: F2011.012.025
A mixture of color and black and white film of the Pruett family vacation to the west in 1936. Film is slated as follows: The Pruett's trip west August 1936, Stuck on the great salt plains of Oklahoma, On the campus of the Panhandle A&M College Goodwell, Oklahoma, Raton Pass New Mexico, In the garden of the gods (Colorado Springs), The Cliff Dwellings, Home of a Hopi Indian, Their outdoor oven, Agness and Dressler waited in the park at Manitou, The Colorado State Capitol, Winnie Hicks our hostess, Dressler and Mrs. Rand, Mrs. Rand's back yard, At the zoo in Denver City park, Monkey island, Lunch in the park, Big Thompson Creek Colorado, The woodman in our Camp, Our Cabin Near Estes park, Rocky Mountain park, On the Ridge road the longest high road in the world, The Chipmunks, Looking for more wraps in the cold, A snow scene in August, Lunch high above the timber line, West of the Great Divide, The End
Creator: Pruett, Haskell (Creator)
Coverage: Colorado,New Mexico
Resource Type: Image -- Moving Image
Extent: (quantity/size) 17 minutes 53 seconds
Media: 16 mm film; video/avi 1920x1080 29.97 FPS
Subjects: Family Vacations / Parks-- Colorado
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Under California Stars Full Length English Movies Westerns
Under California Stars 1948
Rancher Roy and his boys track down a gang who have stolen Trigger and are holding him for ransom.
Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Jane Frazee
Abilene Tax Levy: Fire Department
Video tour of the Abilene, KS Fire Department highlighting the needs to be addressed by a proposed sales tax increase.
Ulysses: A New Hope in the Heartland
This film features immigrants, all from Mexico, currently living in Ulysses Kansas and take the time to reflect on the changes the small town has made to accommodate a population that is now the majority. Those featured in the film will be present during the premier and available to answer questions and share reflections.
As many rural communities struggle with the negatives effects of depopulation, immigrants from Latin America and Southeast Asia are sparking a renaissance of entrepreneurs and renewed cultural vitality in Ulysses.
Turning Points: Stories of Change, a series of short films that explore pivotal moments in four Kansas communities, made possible by the Kansas Humanities Council.
Cowboys and Cattletowns Ready-Made-Adventure
The larger-than-life cowboy legends of the Old West were born on the frontier plains and in the cattletowns of Kansas. Wichita grew from a cattletown to the largest city in the state and few towns capture the spirit of the American cowboy like Dodge City. The Old West still lives in many other Kansas communities as well - Abilene, Newton, Caldwell and Ellsworth all keep the cowboy culture alive year-round!
Around Kansas - How Barbed Wire Settled the West - March 30, 2016
(Frank) We're back again on this Wednesday morning. (Deb) So, we were out at La Crosse a few weeks ago and the Barbed Wire Museum in La Crosse. I had heard about it many times, but I had not had the chance to go. It is wonderful. Wonderful. Number one, it is really extensive. It's huge. And it is beautiful. It is so well done and all these samples of barbed wire. You're like, Really, big deal? But nothing, other than the railroads, nothing changed the West like the introduction of barbed wire. So, it is hugely important to our history. Brad Penka there was just amazing. He opened the museum for us so that I could get in and take pictures to share with you. I think the museum opens for the season maybe at the end of April or first of May, something like that. So, make sure you put La Crosse on your travel plans. But they also have the Post Rock Museum there and they've got Bank Museum. (Frank) Another rock. (Deb) You know, I'm thinking rock of the week. What do you think Frank? (Frank) Yea. We've had Teter Rock and Pawnee Rock. (Deb) Castle Rock and Pawnee Rock. (Frank) A lot of rocks here in Kansas. (Deb) We've got rocks and then we've got the Point of Rocks. I know that I talked about that out at Cimarron. There's just no end to the rocks we have and they're really cool rocks. I was thinking actually driving over today, we should just do a rock of the week. If you've got a cool rock that we don't know about... (Frank) Now, do you know who actually invented barbed wire? I was hoping you did, because I have no idea. (Deb) Glidden. (Frank) You mean the paint guy? (Deb) Yea, yea. (Frank) Really? (Deb) Maybe we'll talk about that. I thought... (Frank) So, we had, he invented barbed wire and then he invented paint, and then painted the barbed wire. I don't know. But that's what the story is about, is we're going to go to this museum in La Crosse and we're going to look at a lot of barbed wire. I think we're ready to see the story. (Karla) First there was nothing but a vast open range. Native bison roamed free. Then came the settlers, and with them, a need to define their territory. Soon, miles of fences were built. Territorial disputes ensued, rights came into question, and the character of the land began to change. When the dust settled, people were once again able to live relatively in peace. The days of the open range were gone. In La Crosse, Kansas, a museum complex celebrates the seemingly mundane chore of fencing with displays on post rock and barbed wire. Some say it was the six-gun that settled the west. Others know better. It was an unusual invention that in a few short years grew into a multi-million dollar industry: barbed wire. It was a simple invention originally designed to protect a small family garden. Within a few short years of its invention, its use had spread across the prairie and eventually around the world. Barbed wire made a number of important contributions to western history. It redefined the landscape. The legal dispute that erupted between its inventors made its way to the United States Supreme Court set a precedent in patent law. It made men wealthy and their wealth built public buildings, and a major university. It was a simple invention that changed the direction of history and its impact resonates today. The Kansas Barbed Wire Museum is devoted solely to the history and legend of this part of American history often referred to as the “Devils Rope”. On exhibit are over 2400 barbed wire varieties; including samples manufactured between the years 1870 and 1890. Hundreds of antique fencing tools illustrate the inventiveness of pioneers. The museum presents interesting ways to learn about one of the Midwest’s most important contributions to America's history. Dioramas of early barbed wire use, a theatre featuring educational films, the Barbed Wire Hall of Fame, the museum archives room, and a research library all help to conjure up images of settling the Midwest, range wars between homesteaders and cattlemen, and the transformation of the open prairie into America's bread basket. Brad Penka is president of the Kansas Barbed Wire Collectors Association and you will count yourself lucky to have him show you around. His passion is contagious. The collections are displayed so artfully, so thoughtfully, that I can promise you will never again take barbed wire for granted. Nor will you look at those picturesque rock fence posts in quite the same way. This museum complex is located next to the city park so there's lots of room for the kids, who can't be fenced in, to run off some energy. A must for your Kansas bucket list!
XZRSV: Dan Terry - Ghost Stalker
Dan Terry is an author, ghost hunter, a Coast Guard veteran, and has been a Police Officer for nearly 30 years.
He began ghost hunting during the mid-1970’s, inspired by his television hero Kolchack: The Night Stalker. Realizing quickly that sitting in empty, old homes or cemeteries and listening for voices were not accepted in the military, or in police work, he stopped active investigations until the television show Ghost Hunters exploded on the scene and made ghost hunting main-stream.
Dan has written five books on ghost hunting to date. This includes the most recent book Too Ornery to Die, in which he hunted the spirit of Missouri’s first known serial killer Bertha Gifford from the home in which she started her murderous rampage, to the jail cell where she awaited trial, slowly going insane. Also included in this book are his adventures hunting the ghosts of gangsters in the famous Bobby Mackey’s: facing down an angry cowboy spirit in Old Towne Abilene, Kansas; and prowling around the haunted, old stone hallways of the Missouri State Penitentiary and the Ohio State Reformatory. He has investigated haunted locations from Savannah, Ga., to Taos, New Mexico; and from Fairport Harbor, Ohio to Apalachicola, Florida.
One of his missions is doing his part to bring paranormal unity to the field, and try to stop the arguing and backstabbing between groups. With that attitude, he has been invited to assist the Paranormal Task Force when investigating one of the former hospitals used during the Exorcist case in 1949 St. Louis and chronicled in the video The Haunted Boy; called to help with ghost hunts by both Ghost Tours of Kansas on a hunt in St. Joseph and by Great Plains Paranormal Investigations at the Airport/Museum in Wichita; often invited in to help with investigations by Kansas Paranormal Research Society on Civil War battlefields and haunted theaters; and worked with Gateway Paranormal Team in a former Illinois insane asylum.
Dan and his wife and ghost hunting partner Sherri live in New Haven, Missouri where Dan is the assistant Chief of Police.
Ulysses high school - fight song
Cowman vs. the Atlantic
Ken challenges the Atlantic and loses... soon after this video he was taken out by a second large wave, losing his trunks in the process.... thank goodness there was no video of that one...
Dan Terry - Spook Stalker
Dan Terry is an author, ghost hunter, a Coast Guard veteran, and has been a Police Officer for nearly 30 years.
He began ghost hunting during the mid-1970’s, inspired by his television hero Kolchack: The Night Stalker. Realizing quickly that sitting in empty, old homes or cemeteries and listening for voices were not accepted in the military, or in police work, he stopped active investigations until the television show Ghost Hunters exploded on the scene and made ghost hunting main-stream.
Dan has written five books on ghost hunting to date. This includes the most recent book Too Ornery to Die, in which he hunted the spirit of Missouri’s first known serial killer Bertha Gifford from the home in which she started her murderous rampage, to the jail cell where she awaited trial, slowly going insane. Also included in this book are his adventures hunting the ghosts of gangsters in the famous Bobby Mackey’s: facing down an angry cowboy spirit in Old Towne Abilene, Kansas; and prowling around the haunted, old stone hallways of the Missouri State Penitentiary and the Ohio State Reformatory. He has investigated haunted locations from Savannah, Ga., to Taos, New Mexico; and from Fairport Harbor, Ohio to Apalachicola, Florida.
One of his missions is doing his part to bring paranormal unity to the field, and try to stop the arguing and backstabbing between groups. With that attitude, he has been invited to assist the Paranormal Task Force when investigating one of the former hospitals used during the Exorcist case in 1949 St. Louis and chronicled in the video The Haunted Boy; called to help with ghost hunts by both Ghost Tours of Kansas on a hunt in St. Joseph and by Great Plains Paranormal Investigations at the Airport/Museum in Wichita; often invited in to help with investigations by Kansas Paranormal Research Society on Civil War battlefields and haunted theaters; and worked with Gateway Paranormal Team in a former Illinois insane asylum.
Dan and his wife and ghost hunting partner Sherri live in New Haven, Missouri where Dan is the assistant Chief of Police.