Hartsburg community prepares to host nearly 30,000 visitors for 34th annual Pumpkin Festival

Since 1991, tens of thousands of locals and tourists from across the Midwest— and sometimes even farther — have flocked to “Missouri’s Pumpkin Patch” each October for the Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival. Festivalgoers have braved traffic to descend hilly two-lane roads lined with fiery foliage to reach the festivities…