Talk:El Reno, Oklahoma

Origin of Town Name
After the 1889 landrun, there were three entities the local postmaster had to keep separate; Fort Reno, Reno City, and the community township or Village of (El) Reno. The Village of El Reno originated shortly after the 1889 land run, with the post office coming into being in June of that year. The town's name was partially taken from the nearby military post of Fort Reno, the "el" being added (by the local postmaster meaning "the" in spanish) to help differentiate the community from the also-new Reno City. Reno City was located on the north-side of the Canadian River five miles northeast of (The Village of) El Reno. The Village of El Reno was located on the south-side of the Canadian river. The original village townsite was platted by the Oklahoma Homestead and Town Company on 120 acres of the homestead of John Foreman. In 1890, Foreman's 120 acres along with 80 acres of Thomas Jensen's, were incorporated into the Village of El Reno. When the railroad company announced their rail lines were going to be ran on the south side of the Canadian river, Reno City relocated to the township of El Reno. The original Reno City site north of the river was abandoned. What remained and continues to this day is Fort Reno and the city of El Reno. Taken in part from the Oklahoma Historical Society and the 1900's El Reno Democrat newspaper. Pcompton40 (talk) 17:12, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

Tornado
Should we prepare to update the page on news of the tornadoes?

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Article classification
This article meets the criteria for Start class. Bruin2 (talk) 16:26, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

History question
I have a book called City Beginnings in Oklahoma Territory by the University of Oklahoma Press that says Reno City, El Reno and Frisco were three townsites that existed simultaneously. Might be worth looking into as it seems there is a discrepancy between there explanation and what is listed in the early history.

Okheric (talk) 18:26, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

Here's the text from the book to incorporate:

In the founding and early development of Reno, later renamed El Reno, certain features appear in interesting contrast with the more or less standardized practices characteristic of the founding of Guthrie, Oklahoma City, and Kingfisher. These latter towns dominated their respective areas. No important rivals appeared to challenge their leadership, and each of them later became the county seat of its respective county as a matter of course.

But the case of El Reno was different. The townsite was located about two miles south of the North Canadian River, on the very western edge of the Oklahoma area, twenty-five miles due south of Kingfisher. In fact, the ninety-eighth meridian, which was the boundary line between Oklahoma and the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian Reservation, was also the western boundary of the original townsite.

Two other towns sprang up simultaneously with El Reno to challenge its leadership in this southwestern corner of the Oklahoma country. Three miles to the north, across the Canadian River and in the very heart of the broad and rich valley lands, Reno City was founded. The name of the town, like that of its rival, was determined by its proximity to the Fort Reno Military Reservation. Twelve miles to the east a more ambitious rival to El Reno was staked out, also on the north side of the Canadian River, where the valley lands stretched out in more generous proportions than on the south side. Settlers here called their townsite Frisco.

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In the three-cornered battle for local and county honors waged by Reno City, Frisco, and El Reno, nature favored Reno City, the politicians favored Frisco, but the railroads favored El Reno. And the railroads won by a wide margin. So decisively has El Reno's victory been registered that the other two towns have vanished completely.

- City Beginnings in Oklahoma Territory by John Alley, University of Oklahoma Press in Norman, Oklahoma. 1939

Okheric (talk) 18:46, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

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Orphaned references in El Reno, Oklahoma
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Reference named "USCensusEst2016": From Guymon, Oklahoma:  From Okmulgee, Oklahoma:  From Piedmont, Oklahoma:  From Newcastle, Oklahoma:  From Watonga, Oklahoma:  From Jones, Oklahoma:  From Kingfisher, Oklahoma:  From Blanchard, Oklahoma: </li> <li>From Lincoln County, Oklahoma: </li> </ul>

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