El Reno travel guide

El Reno is a city in Canadian County, Oklahoma in the central part of the state. El Reno, part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Statistical Area, is 25 miles west of downtown Oklahoma City. As of 2006, within the city limits, the estimated census population is 16,222 residents; and the zip code population is 18,777 residents.
El Reno is a historic community with many historic buildings, and is the county seat of Canadian County and the only city in Oklahoma to have a old fashioned streetcar trolley in operation in the downtown area.
El Reno is located at the interchange of I-40 and U.S. Route 81; Redlands Community College is located in El Reno as is Canadian Valley Technology Center, which opened in 1970 and is directly on famed Route 66 (about three miles east of the city). El Reno is also home to a Federal Prison.
Historic Fort Reno was built in 1874. Today, the grounds of the old fort are home to a research laboratory for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The laboratory studies environmentally sustainable forage and livestock production, contributing to preservation of the great plains of North America.
El Reno is a Main Street community. The Oklahoma Main Street Program is a downtown revitalization program and the El Reno Program won the Great American Main Street Award in 2006.
The town is noted for its annual Fried Onion Burger Day Festival, which is always the 1st Saturday in May. Burger Day is where you can witness the cooking of the world’s largest fried onion hamburger, weighing over 850 pounds. In 2008, El Reno will celebrate the 20th Annual Fried Onion Burger Day. (...) more....

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