Cemeteries in El Dorado, Kansas

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El Dorado Oil Field In 1915, about 3,000 people called the community of El Dorado home. The El Dorado Oil Field was the first to be found using science and geologic mapping. Within three years, the field was responsible for 12.8 percent of the national oil production.

El Dorado was laid out and platted in 1868. The name is of Spanish origin meaning "golden land". El Dorado was incorporated in 1870. In 1877, the Florence, El Dorado, and Walnut Valley Railroad Company built a branch line from Florence to El Dorado; in 1881 it was extended to Douglass, and later to Arkansas City.

Dennis Rader – a convicted serial killer also known as BTK, who murdered ten people from 1974 to 1991. He eluded capture until 2005. Rader pled guilty and was sentenced to ten consecutive life sentences.

El Dorado is considered to be a legend city because it has never been found despite many expeditions to locate it. Noteworthy expeditions were led by the Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada and English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh.

The mythical city of El Dorado on Lake Parime was marked on numerous maps until its existence was disproved by Alexander von Humboldt during his Latin America expedition (1799–1804). Meanwhile, the name of El Dorado came to be used metaphorically of any place where wealth could be rapidly acquired.

In the end, El Dorado, the city of untold riches, never existed. El Dorado, the man, did exist. His homeland near Lake Guatavitá was found, but it did not contain the mythical riches that explorers sought.

Some of the largest gold deposits in the county came from Georgetown and the Divide which was both a lode and placer mining district. Georgia Slide and Mameluke Hill were some of the most productive mines. A seam deposit of gold at Georgia Slide was said to be 1,000 feet long by 500 feet wide.

With a crime rate of 48 per one thousand residents, El Dorado has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 21.

The region became famous for being the site of the 1848 gold discovery that sparked the California Gold Rush. The County of El Dorado was one of California's original 27 counties created effective February 18, 1850 (the number has risen to 58 today). Its name is derived from the Spanish meaning "the gilded/golden".

El Dorado had a legendary story in which precious stones were found in a great amount along with the gold coins. According to Europeans El Dorado was a city of gold which is not discovered yet. The thirst to get wealth led to exploration of South America by many Portguese and Spanish explorers for the two centuries.

The mythical city of El Dorado on Lake Parime was marked on numerous maps until its existence was disproved by Alexander von Humboldt during his Latin America expedition (1799–1804). Meanwhile, the name of El Dorado came to be used metaphorically of any place where wealth could be rapidly acquired.