El Dorado Main Street

Historic downtown El Dorado Kansas is in the middle of the largest significant expanse of native tall grass prairie remaining on the North American Continent.  El Dorado has a population 13,000 and i located 30 minutes from the center of Wichita, KS "Air Capital of the World".  The fortunes that created the aircraft industry in Wichita were made from the oil fields of El Dorado, Ks.  El Dorado has a little known story of national significance.  The 29 million barrels of oil from the El Dorado Field in 1918 "floated the U.S. to victory during World War I).  Downtown El Dorado was built by the oil boom and continues as the heart of this thriving community.  El Dorado Main Street, Inc. founded in 1998 is dedicated to preserving the past and building a bright future.