Attractions and Services: Tribute Gallery, research database, research library, exhibits, educational programs, gift shop, WWII movie rentals, guest lectures, living history and reenactments
Open Saturdays, 11:00am to 5:00pm 2316.322.8753 www.wwiihistorycenter.org
119 West Central El Dorado, KS 67042
El Dorado has been home to Butler Community College since it was founded in 1927. The then El Dorado Junior College was originally housed within the town's Junior High School. Today the college is located at the southwest corner of Haverhill and Towanda. The El Dorado campus is home to 256
El Dorado, KS CollegesThe 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 CourthousesEl Dorado became, for a while, the world's storybook oil field. Butler County encompassed 1,800 producing oil wells on 25,000 acres. The El Dorado Field is a story of men and events that helped Kansas and the nation emerge from the draft-horse and kerosene-lamp years into the gasoline age. "
El Dorado, KS Historic MarkersYou are invited to the five scheduled tournaments at some of the finest lakes in Kansas. The KWA welcomes anglers of a...