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Discover intriguing El Dorado oil heritage

Mar 26, 2021
Zoie Clift

El Dorado has a vibrant heritage as an oil boomtown of the 1920s.

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The town that bauxite built

Dec 04, 2019
Zoie Clift

Learn about the history of the town of Bauxite at the Bauxite Historical Museum.

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