A history of Eldorado,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Eldorado from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Eldorado was first platted on May 24, 1858, by a surveyor named Martin D. Gillett. The post office was established on December 8 of that same year. Just before the Civil War, the first businesses were started in the town. The original village was incorporated in 1870. It was founded by Francis Elder and his neighbors who were brothers William and John Reed.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Eldorado’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewCupboard, 1937: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Eldorado
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Eldorado, decade by decade
1990s
1 historic place in Eldorado
1 place in Eldorado is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Cupboard (1937) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.