Western Downtown Parade to feature 150th theme,new start time

07/10/11 A Central Kansas Free Fair and Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo signature starting event will feature a sesquicentennial theme and the start time will be move up one hour.

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Gunfightin' fixin'

07/10/11 ABILENE -- Joleen Rankin stood at the top of her ladder Saturday and didn't even flinch when a gunfight broke out behind her. The Abilene woman just kept painting as Wild Bill Hickok dispatched a band of ruffians in Texas Street of Old Abilene Town.

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Pioneer Village Day set for Saturday

07/19/11 The annual Pioneer Village Day will be Saturday, July 23, 10-4 at the Museum of the American West, 1445 Main St. Revisit the Lander Valley, circa 1890 Watch demonstrations on rawhide braiding, knife making, quilting, wool roving, beading, blacksmithing, log carpentry, horse packing and much more Calamity Jane will be there, Chuck Faulkner will give Belgian rides, Ryan Harrington will perform...

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