The discovery of the Longton oil field in 1902 lead to a brief period of boom times for the town. Food by a local group, exhibits of kids' projects and a rodeo. More dogs than you'll ever want to see unless you're a wolfhunter. The Capper family home still stands on Kansas Street near Brighton Hall. North and east of town along country roads you can find the ruins of the old stone Hartford School dating from the 1880s.
Newspapers See a list from the past .
Rose's Last Scrap . She is surely the oldest newspaper writer in the country.