Trails End Drive-In
Abilene,
KS
67410
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The Trails End Drive-In was the only operating drive-in in Abilene during the late-1950’s. It parked 300 cars and was owned by H. F. Strong.
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I think this theater was at about 2156 County Road 829. The site hasn’t been redeveloped and the lot is overgrown.
Anyone know if that’s the location?
Open ~1955-~1985 approximate? Can anyone verify the exact dates?
I know for sure it was open in 1967.
Anyone have more info or photos?
Here’s how it got the name Trails End. In order to get cattle to the East, Cattle Drives from ranches in Texas went overland on the Chisholm Trail to Abilene, Kansas, the beginning of the railway, then the cattle could be shipped Eastward. Abielene was the Trails End.
Abilene was the town in which President Dwight D. Eisenhower went to Elementary and High School and so he chose that the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum be located in Abilene. The burial site for “IKE” and Mamie are also located there.
Right where MajorMajor said it was. Google Earth 1991 view it shows up much clearer and Topographic maps label it as a Drive In as well.
Coordinates 38.9087°N 97.2598°W