Once upon a time, the wild west flourished as far East as Plainville, Massachusetts at a theme park off U.S. 1 called "Cowboy Town. Cowboy Town...'for the rootin..tootinest...time of your life.' The thrilling gun fights and stage coach holdups that took place on this authentic-looking town of the Old West situated on a 28-acre site halfway between Boston and Providence. It closed in the 1970s (?????), was razed and is now a housing development.

From approximately 1958 to 1960, the property was used as an outdoor commercial recreation facility known as "Cowboy Town", a western theme park that included stockades, a fort, and other buildings reminiscent of the Old West.