The small town of Hartman is no more after infighting led to an abandonment determination. The abandonment issues for the 116-year-old town started with a squabble. And now, without government officials, the town cannot enter contracts to fix the broken water system and receive the reimbursements. In the state’s order, another resident said, that Hartman “is not a failed town, but that Hartman is a town that was failed by the systems designed to protect it.” Counties also cannot take control until the town is considered abandoned, while the Secretary of State can only take over election control.