Abilene Town
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Pioneer town Abilene, Kansas, is the setting in which tensions between long-settled cattle ranchers and new homesteaders play out. Abilene sits at the tail of a livestock path that stretches all the way to Texas. The community-at-large is split in half between those who want this place to stay a rowdy frontier town and those who yearn to change it into a tranquil place where they can raise a family. Based on the novel "Trail Town" by Ernest Haycox. Originally released as a theatrical production.
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Runtime: 1 hours 29 minutes 42 seconds
- Topic: Biographies, History, Literature
- Subtopic: Biography, Haycox, Ernest, U.S. History - 1866-1900
- Grade/Interest Level: 10 - 12
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- Release Year: 1946
- Producer/Distributor: United Artist
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