9's Randy Renner probably thought this road trip to a strangely named town would have lead him to the Clampett's. It sprang to life as a child of the Cushing Oil Field's mother lode of black gold. A boomtown fueled by oil, where money flowed like water. Oil was so important they named the town after it. The wildcatters and the gushers are gone.
Folks still talk about that time fifty years ago.
Ben had a carload of bank robbers holed up over here by the water tower but they weren't ready to give up. They tried to blast their way out, shooting Ben full in the face with a shotgun. Miraculously he wasn't seriously hurt and, with blood in his eyes and justice in his heart, Ben swung around and gunned down the bandits before they make good their escape. They made Ben Clark a hometown hero in 1992. Folks living here didn't need a plaque to tell them that.