Cowboys, Lawmen & Outlaws
The wild west is still alive and well in places such as Dodge City and Old Cowtown in Wichita.
Old West
Browse our new TV spots to discover why there’s no place like Kansas!
| With narration by Kansan Bill Kurtis and music by Kansan Kelley Hunt, our TV spots show the unique and unexpected side of Kansas. Relive the Wild West in Kansas’ colorful cattle towns bustling with stagecoaches, shootouts and ice-cold sarsaparilla. Our unique heritage also includes famous forts, trails, railroads and museums devoted to Native American, Civil War and pioneer history. Plan your step back in time in Kansas today! | |
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Abilene & Smoky Valley Excursion Train
200 SE 5th, PO Box 744
Abilene, KS 67410
Phone: (785) 263-1077
Abilene, KS 67410
Phone: (785) 263-1077
Using a vintage diesel-electric locomotive, a century-old wooden sided passenger/diner, open air observation cars and a caboose, the excursion train travels through the Smoky Hill River Valley ... More
Battle Canyon State and National Historic Site
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Phone: (620) 872-5912
Phone: (620) 872-5912
Travel to the place where the last Indian battle in Kansas was fought on September 27, 1878. Punished Woman’s Fork is about one mile south of Lake Scott State Park. A monument overlooks the cave, ... More
Boot Hill Museum
Front St
Dodge City, KS 67801
Phone: (620) 227-8188
Dodge City, KS 67801
Phone: (620) 227-8188
Boot Hill is located on the original site of Boot Hill Cemetery in Dodge City. Exhibits, programs and colorful entertainers tell the story of Dodge City's Wild and Wicked beginnings. Exhibits ... More
Carroll Mansion
1128 5th Ave
Leavenworth, KS 66048
Phone: (913) 682-7759
Leavenworth, KS 66048
Phone: (913) 682-7759
16-room Victorian home with Period furnishings, carved woodwork, stained glass windows and Victorian Shoppe. More
Diamond W Chuckwagon Supper
P.O. Box 444
Towanda, KS 67144
Phone: (316) 536-6050
Towanda, KS 67144
Phone: (316) 536-6050
Following a delicious chuckwagon supper, you'll be entertained by the Diamond W Wranglers. These four cowboy singers have taken their music from Kansas to Carnegie Hall, Germany to China. The ... More
Dickinson County Heritage Center
412 S Campbell St
Abilene, KS 67410
Phone: (785) 263-2681
Abilene, KS 67410
Phone: (785) 263-2681
Discover the history of the wild frontier, the days of Tom Smith and Wild Bill Hickok, and the wild and woolly days of the cattle drives to Abilene at the end of the Chisholm Trail. Also explore ... More
Dodge City Historic Trolley Tours
400 W Wyatt Earp Blvd
PO Box 1474
Dodge City, KS 67801
Phone: (620) 225-8186
PO Box 1474
Dodge City, KS 67801
Phone: (620) 225-8186
Visit places where history was made along the Santa Fe Trail, Fort Dodge, other Old West locations and cattle stockyards on a narrated historic site tour. More
Ellsworth Historical Plaza Walking Tour
104 South West Main
Ellsworth, KS 67439
Phone: (785) 472-3059
Ellsworth, KS 67439
Phone: (785) 472-3059
This walking tour covers the original plaza of this Kansas cattle town known as "End of the Trail." To enable visitors to experience this special western aura, 17 authentic frontier silhouettes ... More
First City Museum
743 Delaware
Leavenworth, KS 66048
Phone: (913) 682-1866
Leavenworth, KS 66048
Phone: (913) 682-1866
Open on Thursdays, 1-5pm. Museum features a mock-up the US Penitentiary and the Lansing Correctional Facility, prison-related and frontier memorabilia such as a Buffalo Bill Cody display, an M. ... More
