According to local lore the outlaw Quantrell once owned a drinking establishment in the 1800's where the Gilbert Cemetery is now located. Every community of this nation needs to have a history, regardless of the size of said community.
History is a connector of the past, present, and future.
If they should take to contemplate this question, it would become evident that without history, none of us would exist. For most people, their community represents a continuity of life, regardless of whether their families have been long time or fairly recent residents. This is why I involved myself in writing a history of a school district encompassing the small communities of Worden and Rio Vista. This is why I collaborated with Elizabeth Short in a history of Bald Knob. Through most of my life and into adulthood, my life was closely connected with the towns of Russell and Bald Knob and Augusta and surrounding areas.