El Dorado County, California along with the population since the 1960 Winter Olympics, hosted at Squaw Valley Ski Resort in neighboring Placer County. The present-day site of El Dorado County was once home to the Maidu, Washoe, and Miwok Native American tribes, and is notable for being the site of the 1848 gold discovery that sparked the California Gold Rush. The County of El Dorado was one of California's original 27 counties created effective February 18, 1850 (the number has risen to 58 today). Its name is derived from the Spanish meaning "the gilded/golden". The final segments of the Pony Express mail route ran
El Dorado, Arkansas 1920s due to the oil boom's voluminous deed and title. El Dorado is home to one public radio station and seven commercial radio stations which are operated by two ownership groups, Noalmark Broadcasting Corporation, and El Dorado Broadcasting. El Dorado Broadcasting owns: Noalmark Broadcasting Corporation owns and operates five radio stations: The public radio station is: El Dorado is also the home of KAKV, 88.9 FM, an owned and operated affiliate of the K-LOVE radio network. El Dorado broadcast outlets consist of three full-power television stations; two commercial, and one public. All three transmitters are located east of El Dorado,