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El Dorado, Kansas

The El Dorado Broncos are the summer collegiate baseball team in El Dorado. The team plays a 50-plus game schedule during June, July and August. They play all of their home games at McDonald Stadium in El Dorado.

The team moved to El Dorado in 1996 and won the NBC World series championship its first year here. The franchise has won a total of four NBC titles since 1989, including the title in 1998. The team started in the early 1970s as the Hutchinson Broncos and moved to Wichita in 1985.

The team is made up of college players from the nation's best programs, including Wichita State, Texas, Kansas, Arizona State, UCLA, Florida State, and Kansas State.

A number of major league players have spent time in a Broncos uniform, including Barry Bonds, Rafael Palmeiro, and Roger Clemens.

The El Dorado Baseball Hall of Fame has been recently added at the entrance to the stadium which honors inductees from El Dorado High, Butler Community College, El Dorado American Legion Post 81, and the El Dorado Broncos.

Attractions and Upcoming Events


Carnegie Library Building

El Dorado's first library was built in 1912 from locally quarried hand-cut, native white limestone. Topped with the Spanish tiled roof, the library was funded in part by Andrew Carnegie. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

El Dorado, KS Carnegie Libraries

Butler County Courthouse

The historic Butler County Courthouse was built in 1909. Its Romanesque Style was designed by famed architect, George P. Washburn. Its terrazzo floors are still intact and reflect its elegant history. The first woman jury in Kansas met here in 1912.

El Dorado, KS Historic Courthouses

Missouri-Pacific Depot

The El Dorado Missouri-Pacific Depot began as a wooden structure in 1883 in a town of less than 2,000 people. It served as a center of activity and development for the community with news being brought in by train and other news transferred by the telegraph located at the depot.

El Dorado, KS Railroad History


Things to do near El Dorado, KS

Junction City Country Club

Course Access: PrivateHoles: 9Reserve Advance Tee Times: Yes...

McPherson State Fishing Lake (Canton Lake)

46 acres, boating, boat ramps, picnic areas, basic camping, fishing piers, nature trails ...