meat was served among other delicacies.
From Bower's Seventy Years in Norton County 1872-1942:
First Library:
Happy Thought - established by Mrs. F.J. Rose in Almena in 1890
First Oil Well:
Power Oil No. 1 VanPatten NE of Densmore brought in on May 17, 1939, but never pumped due to the low gravity of the oil

Cities:
Norton - projected in the summer of 1872, the Norton Town Association charter dated September 23, 1872.
Almena - established south of the Prairie Dog in 1877, moved to its present site in 1885.
Clayton -platted March 7, 1888 - post office established March 31, 1879
Lenora - platted on June 28, 1879.
Edmond - platted September 3, 1879
Densmore - platted April 13, 1881
Calvert - platted January 16, 1888 - post office established in 1875 named Neighborville
Reager - previous to 1907
New Almelo - established 1879 as Almelo

Ghost towns:
Reedtown - originally Norton Center established 1872 - one mile west of State Street in Norton
Seth - platted September 13, 1887
Birkville - prior to 1918
Fair Haven - post office established in 1879
Rayville - established 1884
Leota - previously known as Weston - 1873
Oronoque - platted July 25, 1885
Dellvale - platted as South Oronoque on September 17, 1888
West Union - post office established June 24, 1874
Cactus - post office established 1874
Hedgewood - post office established May 18, 1882
Port Landis - post office established June 24, 1874
Rockwell - platted 1884
Devizes - platted August 7, 1889