July 3, 1891 First passenger train
May 31, 1893 Tornado flattens El Dorado, killing 30
July 6, 1900 Dusty Fletcher (comedian) born
October 8, 1902 Parnell-Tucker shootout in Square
January 10, 1921 Oil boom begins
1921: Chaplin's "The Kid" at Rialto Theater [pic]
May 2, 1921 Goose Tatum (Harlem Globetrotter) born
April 14, 1922 Explosion creates Norphlet Crater
May 8, 1927 Tornado levels Strong
August 1, 1932 Lamar Hunt (ballplayer) born
December 28, 1933 Novelist Charles Portis ("True Grit") born
June 17, 1939 Lou Brock (baseball player) born
January 3, 1942 Donna Axum (Miss America 1964) born
January 1, 1945 Dusty Fletcher stars in "Open the Door, Richard"
March 30, 1955 Elvis plays at high school
May 1955 Ally's supermarket [pic]
October 16, 1955 Elvis plays at Memorial Auditorium
January 28, 1959 Jason D. Williams (pianist) born
January 8, 1961 'Schoolboy' Rowe (pitcher) dies
January 19, 1961 William Ragsdale (actor) born
1962: B&C Super Market [pic]
September 8, 1963 Donna Axum crowned Miss America 1964
September 28, 1973 Crash of Flight 655
June 1, 1977 TG&Y [pic]
October 7, 1988 First MusicFest
July 10, 1991 'Jane Doe' murder
January 22, 2007 Claiborne Deming announces El Dorado Promise
October 25, 2007 Richard Mason's "Red Scarf" published
