After the Panhandle was surveyed and organized, the store owner moved his store from Carrizo about one mile eastward and laid out 40 acres for a new townsite. Before long the saloons also moved, leaving nothing behind in what was Carrizo. The town was first called Florence, with a post office opening on April 19, 1890. This would last only for about a year, before it was renamed Kenton, Oklahoma on May 12, 1891. Being the only town for miles, Kenton soon grew to a population of about 350 people. Photo by Kathy Weiser-Alexander.