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Downtown park presents the story of El Dorado as an oil boom town with sculpture, artifacts, and interpretive plaques; location for many special events during the year.
Today when you visit El Dorado you can learn about the oil heritage of town at Oil Heritage Park, which Mason helped build. Here you will find memorable 9-foot bronze sculptures of oil men and several plaques that tell the story of the boom.
This small park is a pleasant place to stop and take a break in El Dorado's beautiful downtown area. This part of Arkansas owes a lot of its history and its period of greatest wealth to the oil strike in the 1920s that was reminiscent in many ways of the California gold rush of another time.
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This small park is a pleasant place to stop and take a break in El Dorado's beautiful downtown area. This part of Arkansas owes a lot of its history and its period of greatest wealth to the oil strike in the 1920s that was reminiscent in many ways of the California gold rush of another time.
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Jul 16, 2023 · The bronze plaques tell the story of the discovery of oil and how oil changed the face of not only El Dorado, but how it has made a lasting impact on South Arkansas.
Oil Heritage Park, El Dorado: See reviews, articles, and 2 photos of Oil Heritage Park, ranked No.9 on Tripadvisor among 14 attractions in El Dorado.
Jul 16, 2023 · Origins of Oil Heritage Park. July 16, 2023 at 1:00 a.m. In the center of downtown El Dorado, on a beautifully landscaped former parking lot, stand three heroic-size bronze statues by sculptor...
