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Welcome to El Dorado, Arkansas.
El Dorado lived up to the promise of its name when oil was discovered a mile west of the city in 1921. The resulting gush of population and prosperity led to an architectural boom still reflected in a self-guided walking tour of the city's restored downtown, now filled with shopping and dining opportunities.
El Dorado Arkansas Clock. Photo by quillus, April 2005
Downtown also includes the Rialto Theater, Arkansas's only working art deco theater, and the historic John Newton House, which hosts the annual Mayhaw Festival. Two other popular El Dorado events are Showdown at Sunset, the reenactment of a 1902 gunfight on the Union County Courthouse square, and MusicFest, which features a variety of national and local musical acts. The arts are served in the city by the South Arkansas Arts Center. Visitors who want to know more about the South Arkansas oil boom will find exhibits, films and a park with full-size derricks and other oilfield equipment at the Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources in nearby Smackover.
Outdoor recreational opportunities in the El Dorado area include the South Arkansas Arboretum State Park, Moro Bay State Park, and the Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge.
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Local daily news in El Dorado:
El Dorado High School Sidewalk Debate
Vertis Mason is on the El Dorado City Council, "I think we ought to start putting sidewalks on all public streets, I just think they ought to be there." Right now the city of El Dorado doesn't have an ordinance that requires home or business owners to install sidewalks.
Jerk Your Meat to Win
If you weren't already aware of our burgeoning national jerky craze, the Minneapolis-based restaurant Hell's Kitchen is ratcheting things up a notch by holding an event that it's proclaiming the first annual Jerky Competition on April 5. Via the press release: "Pros as well as amateurs can enter, with a Grand Prize of $300 cash plus a chance for ...
3 airports in AR to share $150,000
GAZETTEArkansas Democrat-Gazette Three Arkansas airports will share a $150,000 federal grant to help market recently restored airline service, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced.
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Places of interest:
Norphlet, AR (7.2 miles), Smackover, AR (11.2 miles), Calion, AR (11.5 miles), Junction City, AR (14.1 miles), Junction City, LA (14.6 miles), Strong, AR (22.1 miles), Hampton, AR (26.1 miles), Bernice, LA (27.1 miles).
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