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Description"Wildorado, on Interstate Highway 40 (U.S. Highway 66) in southeastern Oldham County, is named for nearby Wildorado Creek... By 1915 Wildorado had telephone connections, a grocer, a general store, a lumber company, a blacksmith, a hardware store, a school, two churches, and a population of 100. ... The town endured droughts and dust storms throughout the late 1920s and 1930s. During this period the state bank and the neighboring grain and mercantile store were robbed and burglarized more than once by desperadoes from Borger."

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See also:

Handbook of Texas Online - Brief history and description.
Wildorado Local News: Topix - Local, regional, and statewide news collected from diverse sources on the web.

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Last update: Apr 28, 2012 19:23:11. By DFW.org - Dallas/Fort Worth resources.