Gildford is a grain marketing town for Northern Plains farmers who raise excellent spring wheat. Gildford is near the Fresno Reservoir where there is camping and fishing access at the Fresno Tailwater Access Site. Located 28 miles from Havre and the Wahkpa Chu'gn Archaeological Site, a buffalo jump archaeological site dating back to 2,000 years before present. This site is generally recognized as the best-known site regionally documenting prehistoric cultures in the region over that period of time.