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== Culture == A legend says the [[fried onion burger]] was invented at the Hamburger Inn in El Reno in the 1920s so the owner could save money by using less meat in his five-cent burgers.<ref>[https://www.eater.com/23561167/oklahoma-onion-burger-el-reno-roberts-grill-sids-diner-johnnies-tuckers "An Okie Onion Burger Crawl 100 Years In The Making." Eater.com. January 25, 2023, 9:15 am EST.]</ref> Since 1988 El Reno holds an annual Fried Onion Burger Day Festival in downtown the first Saturday in May.<ref name="ERMS">{{cite web |title=El Reno Main Street |url=https://www.elrenomainstreet.com/ |publisher=El Reno Main Street}}</ref> In 2001, El Reno was the first city in Oklahoma to re-establish [[streetcar]] service in the downtown area: the [[El Reno Heritage Express|Heritage Express Trolley]]. Such service had not been available since 1947, and it was the only operating trolley line in the state that year. Another line has since been started in [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma|Oklahoma City]]. The Heritage Express was installed with aid of a federal transportation grant and as part of a complex project also to improve the downtown's streets and drainage system.<ref name="The405" /> The former [[train depot]] and some other buildings were acquired by the Canadian County Historical Society for adaptive use as part of a museum complex.<ref name="EOHC-ElReno" /> The 1954 film noir ''[[Human Desire]]'' includes [[locomotive]] and yard scenes filmed in the El Reno rail yards.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}} El Reno is a [[List of Main Street Programs in the United States|Main Street America]] community. The Oklahoma Main Street Program is part of a national network affiliated with the [[National Trust for Historic Preservation]]. El Reno started its Main Street program in 1988; it was one of four cities in 2006 selected nationally to win the annual Great American Main Street Award.<ref name="MSA">{{cite web |date=2020 |title=Great American Main Street Award Winners/2006: El Reno, Oklahoma |url=https://www.mainstreet.org/mainstreetamerica/mainstreetawards/winners |access-date=10 August 2021 |publisher=Main Street America}}</ref> El Reno's program focusses on the Rock District of downtown.<ref name="ERMS" /> Buildings in the town that are on the National Register of Historic Places include the [[Carnegie Library (El Reno, Oklahoma)|Carnegie Library]], [[El Reno High School]], and the [[Mennoville Mennonite Church]].
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