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El Dorado was laid out and platted in 1868. The name is of Spanish origin meaning "golden land". [8] El Dorado was incorporated in 1870. [9]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. [10]
The Denver & Rio Grande Railway (D&RG) was incorporated on October 27, 1870, by General William Jackson Palmer (1836–1909), and a board of four directors. It was originally announced that the new 3 ft (914 mm) railroad would proceed south from Denver and travel an estimated 875 miles (1,408 km) south to El Paso via Pueblo, westward along the Arkansas River, and continue southward through the ...
Former MP for Altrincham and Sale West (1997–2024), former chairman of the 1922 Committee (2010–2019, 2019–2024) Baroness Brady: 22 September 2014 Conservative Life peer Vice-chairman of West Ham United FC and senior non-executive director of the Syco and Arcadia brands Lord Bragg: 4 August 1998 Labour Life peer Broadcaster and author
2 ft (610 mm) Narrow-Gauge Steam Railroad Heritage railroad and family attraction with a variety of engines from German, American and Czech industrial backgrounds. A train robbery skit is held halfway through the 1.6-mile (2.6-km) ride. Giant Barn Swing: 2007 S&S Sansei: Screamin' Swing Grandfather's Mansion 1960 Silver Dollar City Anti-Gravity ...
Perry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee.As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,366, with an average population density of 20.2 persons per square mile (7.8 persons/km 2), making it the least densely populated county in Tennessee.
McCurtain County National Bank in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. The area now included in McCurtain County was part of the Choctaw Nation before Oklahoma became a state. The territory of the present-day county fell within the Apukshunnubbee District, one of three administrative superregions comprising the Choctaw Nation, and was divided among six of its counties: Bok Tuklo, Cedar, Eagle, Nashoba, Red ...
Dogpatch USA was a theme park located in northwest Arkansas along State Highway 7 between the cities of Harrison and Jasper, an area known today as Marble Falls.It was based on the comic strip Li'l Abner, created by cartoonist Al Capp and set in a fictional village called Dogpatch.