I'd like to think I'm six degrees removed from a president.
My grandpa had an old truck with an "I like Ike sticker on it."
My grandmother graduated from Abilene High School about 20 years after the famed president.
So, the one-tank trip to Eisenhower's native Abilene was a great experience. I had no idea how much this little Dickinson County town has to offer.
There's a library and a great museum. There's the home he grew up in and a chapel where he is buried.
The museum tells of his life, from birth to death. Even his golf clubs are on display.
I figure it could take at least a half day to get through the museum and everything. But there's more to see in Abilene than Eisenhower's Presidential Library.
Go to the Kirby House for a nice meal. Stop by downtown Abilene for some shopping. There's old Abilene town, gunfighting and all. A train will take you on a trip to Enterprise and back.
This town has a chocolate factory, is home to Duckwall-Alco, has a big Pizza Hut.
Oh, and there are a couple of mansions, which gets me back to the six-degrees of separation.
My grandfather ran a store in Kipp, Kan. He said Seeyle, the former owner of the Seeyle Mansion, would sell him medicine. He even had some of the old bottles. I bet Seeyle knew Eisenhower or someone in the Eisenhower line.
Or my grandmother might have known someone who knew someone.
Should you go? Yes.
My grandpa had an old truck with an "I like Ike sticker on it."
My grandmother graduated from Abilene High School about 20 years after the famed president.
So, the one-tank trip to Eisenhower's native Abilene was a great experience. I had no idea how much this little Dickinson County town has to offer.
There's a library and a great museum. There's the home he grew up in and a chapel where he is buried.
The museum tells of his life, from birth to death. Even his golf clubs are on display.
I figure it could take at least a half day to get through the museum and everything. But there's more to see in Abilene than Eisenhower's Presidential Library.
Go to the Kirby House for a nice meal. Stop by downtown Abilene for some shopping. There's old Abilene town, gunfighting and all. A train will take you on a trip to Enterprise and back.
This town has a chocolate factory, is home to Duckwall-Alco, has a big Pizza Hut.
Oh, and there are a couple of mansions, which gets me back to the six-degrees of separation.
My grandfather ran a store in Kipp, Kan. He said Seeyle, the former owner of the Seeyle Mansion, would sell him medicine. He even had some of the old bottles. I bet Seeyle knew Eisenhower or someone in the Eisenhower line.
Or my grandmother might have known someone who knew someone.
Should you go? Yes.
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