Everyday El Dorado

This excerpt from the premier episode of "Celebrating 150 years in El Dorado" discusses the Souther Kansas Stage Company that conducted four-horse coaches between Emporia and El Dorado beginning in 1870.   Trail ruts from this road that brought immigrants and visitors to Eldorado can still be seen today on the North end of El Dorado. 

The full episode can be heard on Wednesday at 12 p.m. on local radio KBTL 88.1 or by streaming the channel online. 

Learn more about the history of El Dorado by following Everyday El Dorado's podcast channel and hearing new episodes as they become available.

Be sure to visit the website to learn more about the "Fine Art of Living Well, Everyday in El Dorado." 

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We are beginning a new series here on Everyday El Dorado in celebration of El Dorado's 150th year.  

Founded as a city of the third class on September 12, 1871, El Dorado was first founded as Eldorado Town Company on February 6, 1858 by an act of the Kansas Territory Legislature.  

Subscribe to the podcast to join us as we hunt for history and revive the ghosts of El Dorado's past. 

This series is brought to you through a partnership with Everyday El Dorado in conjuction with Golden Road Studios, butler County Historical Society Home of the Kansas Oil Museum, the City of El Dorado, KBTL 88.1 The Grizz and our series sponsor, Linda Baines, Realtor with SunGroup Real Estate and Appraisals. 

Visit us on the web at EverydayElDorado.com

We are beginning a new series here on Everyday El Dorado in celebration of El Dorado's 150th year.

Founded as a city of the third class on September 12, 1871, El Dorado was first founded as Eldorado Town Company on February 6, 1858 by an act of the Kansas Territory Legislature.  

El Dorado's history has been past down through the history books, but is it accurate?  This series will take a look at the stories we've been told and uncover the stories we haven't been told that were lost to time.  

Subscribe to the podcast to join us as we hunt for history and revive the ghosts of El Dorado's past.

This series is brought to you through a partnership with Everyday El Dorado in conjuction with Golden Road Studios, butler County Historical Society Home of the Kansas Oil Museum, the City of El Dorado, KBTL 88.1 The Grizz and our series sponsor, Linda Baines, Realtor with SunGroup Real Estate and Appraisals.

Visit us on the web at EverydayElDorado.com

In this episode, I speak with Butler County Sheriff Kelly Herzet who shares why he endorses Jay Sharp as the next Sheriff. 

Visit EverydayElDorado.com to keep up with the "Fine Art of Living Well, Everyday in El Dorado." 

Captain Edgar Dale American Legion Post #81 erected markers and flags on the graves of veterans, at each of the three cemeteries in El Dorado which are Belle Vista, Sunset Lawns and Walnut River on Friday and Saturday mornings, prior to Memorial Day.  

On Monday, an American Legion Honor Guard presented a 21-Gun Salute and played Taps at Sunset Lawns.  

Read more about it and see photos by visiting the website: 

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The State of Kansas in partnership with eTrueNorth and Walmart to bring a mobile drive-through COVID-19 testing site to communities across the state.  It is open to all healthcare providers and first responders and anyone who is exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19, at no cost to the individual.

Where:

El Dorado State Park, 1714 NE Shady Creek Access Rd, El Dorado, KS 67042

When:

Stay up to date with the most recent information by visiting the Butler County COVID-19 Resource page at www.bucoks.com

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Mayor Bill Young and City Manager David Dillner spoke at the State of the City address on February 4, 2020.  According to Mayor Young, the state of the city is strong.

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David Alfaro speaks with us regarding IPS and Economic Development funds being returned to the State. 

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Ruby Virginia Frisby and Pleas George Ball "Junior" met when she was 13 years old and working on the Nuttle Cattle Ranch.

Their romance bloomed through letters the couple wrote to each other beginning in 1940 and continued during WWII while Junior was stationed in the South Pacific, and Virginia worked as a Rosie the Riveter for Boeing in Wichita, Kansas.

This is their story.