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Two Osage Indians Escape ~ 6 Nov 1868
On The Wing – Augusta, KS – January 29, 1871
El Dorado In Ruins ~ June 23, 1871
Todd Arrested - He Turns up in El Dorado Somewhat Disfigured ~ December 28, 1893
Shooting in Butler County ~ March 22, 1894
Thousands Stolen ~ April 12, 1894
A Preacher Broker's Hard Luck ~ November 19, 1897
Stanley at El Dorado ~ September 20, 1898
The Daily Walnut Valley Times Newspaper 1899 Year in Review
Buglars make a Raid at El Dorado ~ April 20, 1900
Slain with a Pick ~ April 27, 1900
Explosion at El Dorado ~ November 20, 1900
The Daily Walnut Valley Times Newspaper 1900 Year in Review
Firebug at Work in Augusta
- 12 Oct 1900
Butler County Township Officers - 21 Nov 1902
Chas. Howell Arrest - February 3, 1903
C. A. Hayman's Bad Luck - July 3, 1903
Belle Vista Mausoleum ~ 1921-1924
Mrs. B. T. Freeman was Hurt When Car Ran into Deep Ditch – Died Tuesday - 17 Nov 1916
Two Women Injured When Autos Crash – One Seriously - 1 Dec 1916
Rioters Disarm Patrolmen - 1 Dec 1916
Baby Girl Falls Off High Bridge; Injuries Serious - 8 Dec 1916
Alleged Child Slave’s Mother Also May Have Been A Victim - 22 Dec 1916
Youth Kicked By Horse Seriously Hurt ~ 29 Jan 1917
J. B. Adams Home To Be Colonial Mansion ~ 6 Mar 1917
Boom Spirit Strikes Towanda; Many Structures Are Planned ~ 5 March 1917
The Burns Citizen Newspaper
Find Faint Clew of Missing Woman
(Josephine Bryant) ~ January 15, 1921
Dead Youth's Parents Given Small Damage (Louie Wilson) ~ January 15, 1921
The Burns Citizen Newspaper
Thirteen Is Not Unlucky Number
~ 12 June 1922
Liberal Family Visits El Dorado In House On Wheels ~ 15 June 1922
Finish Basement For New Church ~ 17 June 1922
Five Have Their Tonsils Removed ~ 17 June 1922
Beaumont Plans Big Celebration ~ 26 June 1922
Santa Fe's New Line Is Approved ~ 20 July 1922
Troop No. 1 Is Back From Camp ~ 20 July 1922
El Dorado In Film Nearly Finished ~ 24 July 1922
Ruth Grocery Makes Record ~ 24 July 1922
South Butler Pioneers Here For Short Visit ~ 24 July 1922
15 Cases of Disease Reported This Month ~ 27 July 1922
Chemical Truck Of The Fire Department Saves New Rural School ~ 19 March 1923
El Dorado Bad Town; Everyone Carries Gun ~ 24 March 1923
Build Addition To Brown Shoe Co. ~ 7 May 1923
El Dorado Klan In Memorial Service ~ 7 May 1923
Cost Rev. Storey $6.66 To Get Dog ~ 14 May 1923
Klan Makes Showing At Augusta Church ~ 16 May 1923
No Further Action On Cemetery Project ~ 18 May 1923
El Dorado Has Entry For Ice Cream Eating Honors ~ 22 May 1923
W.R.C. In Charge At Two Cemeteries ~ 22 May 1923
Augusta Jeweler Has Book Dating From Year 1198 ~ 26 May 1923
Says He Is Luckiest Man In The World ~ 26 May 1923
A Pair Of Girls Walks To El Dorado ~ 6 June 1923
Kick of Horse Breaks A Leg ~ 6 June 1923
Klan Initiates 36 New Members ~ 6 June 1923
Give $50 To Couple That Will Be Married In Plane ~ 14 June 1923
Epidemic Of Measles Is Abating In Town ~ 26 June 1923
Old Church Building Sold ~ 29 June 1923
Freak Hen Egg Is On Display ~ 3 April 1924
Veteran El Dorado Meat Dealer Quits (George Browne) ~ 30 April 1924
Take Charges To The County Farm ~ 8 May 1924
County Charges Find A Vastly Different Home ~ 9 May 1924
Orders Received to Stop Delivery On Star Route ~ 22 May 1924
A Fitting Service Held at Rosalia ~ 31 May 1924
A 14-Foot Fall Fails to Bruise ~ 2 June 1924
Was A Blackhand At Powell Home? ~ 5 June 1924
Robber 'At Home' At The Sanfords ~ 5 Jan 1928
Rescue Children In Burning Home (Children of Mr. & Mrs. Beatty) ~ 19 January 1928
Indoor Range Is Being Installed ~ 9 Dec 1930
Find A Man Dead In Yard Saturday (Ethan Allan Junkins) ~ 6 July 1936
Boxing Match is Fatal for Youth ~ 7 Jan 1936
Curtis Clayton had been Dead for Two Days before Body was Found ~ 12 Aug 1936
Start Work On Parking ~ 15 Feb 1939
Scholarship To El Dorado Minister ~ 7 July 1941
Father O’Sullivan Had Part in Mass ~ 14 July 1941
Bill Cooper Hits Truck Projected Out Into Street ~ 11 Feb 1949
Barbecued Burgers ~ 30 Oct 1952
Rose Hill May Be Incorporated City ~ 9 Feb 1955
Fined for Using US-77 for Take-Off ~ 17 Feb 1955
It Happened in El Dorado; Bridegroom Goes to Wedding Without His Pants ~ 12 April 1955
Butler Co. Cave Has Been Explored ~ 6 June 1956
Tornado Whips Along Southwest Edge of El Dorado - June 11, 1958
Presentation of Evidence Scheduled (J. B. Blackmore) ~ 30 June 1958
Augusta on Route of ‘Pony Express’ Run ~ 1 Nov 1960
Robert Shannon, 95, Dies, One of Oldest Residents of Augusta ~ 1 Nov 1961
“Cards for the Handicapped” Drive ~ 6 Dec 1961
Rose Hill Mayor Has Valuable Old Newspapers ~ 12 Dec 1961
Leon to Mark 40th Anniversary of First Oil Well ~ 14 Dec 1961
Kitzelman Case in the Spotlight ~ 1963
Christmas As Observed In Kansas by Pioneer Family in 1871—92 Years Ago ~ 19 Dec 1963
Thomas Benton McKinney Passes At Age 105 ~ 9 July 1964
Norbert Suthers Hired to Take School Census ~ 3 Nov 1964
Funeral Homes Discontinue Use of Ambulances ~ Dec 1965
A “Driving Lesson” Doomed Seven El Doradoans To A Watery Grave ~ Oct 1966
Cosmetology Institute To Be Held Here ~ 30 May 1969
Crash Kills Youth -- Randall Vestring, 18, is Victim ~ 6 Nov 1969
Voters Will Decide Nov. 5 on Selling Old County Farm ~ 26 Sep 1974
Former El Doradoan Was Watergate Juror (Miss Marjorie Milbourn) ~ 4 Jan 1975
Judge Heilmann Says El Dorado Should Be Proud of its Police ~ 14 Jan 1975
The Daisies Visit Kirby Funeral Home ~ 22 Jan 1975
Helping Hand Club Meets at Burns ~ 22 Jan 1975
Teresa Burton Wins ‘Family Leader’ Honor ~ 22 Jan 1975
Psychiatrist Joins Staff of Mental Health Center (James R. Leach) ~ 23 Jan 1975
Patrol Nabs Four After Break-In ~ 31 Jan 1975
El Dorado To Mark 104th Year Friday ~ 11 Sep 1975
Four Newton Residents Die in Crash (Lowe Family) ~ May 18, 1978
Former Andover Man Drowns in Walnut (Victor W. Wohrley) ~ May 18, 1978
Gracia Burnham Shares Stories of Captivity ~ 9 December 2007
New Police Car Sirens in El Dorado ~ 9 March 2008
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