Dwight David Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States, grew up in Dickinson County. His parents, David and Ida Eisenhower, moved to Hope, about 10 miles west of here, in 1885, where they opened a general merchandise store and his two older brothers were born. After a brief move to Denton, Texas, where he was born on October 14, 1890, the family returned to Dickinson County and settled in Abilene, about 25 miles northwest of here. Eisenhower left for West Point in 1911, served as Supreme Commander of Allied Forces during World War II, and was elected president in 1952, while always cherishing his Kansas heritage and saying that the proudest thing he could claim was that he was from Abilene.