Outlaws and wide open spaces

Marshall, Okla., is in Logan County, northwest of Oklahoma City. The 2010 population was 278, an increase of 19 over the previous census.

Oklahoma writer Angie Debo called Marshall her home town. She was born in Beattie, Kansas, in 1890 and died in Enid, Okla., in 1988. Her family moved to the Marshall area when Angie was around 9 years old. Debo is considered "an authority on Native American history, a visionary, and an historical heroine in her own right."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angie_Debo

Outlaw Zip Wyatt was shot near Marshall in August 1895 after a running battle with lawmen and posses. Wyatt, outlaw Ike Black and accomplices started a spree of robberies on June 3 that year and were chased until finally cornered August 4 by a posse from the Anti-Horse Thief Association. Wyatt died in the Enid jail on Sept. 7.

http://www.legendsofamerica.com/outlaw-zipwyatt.html

“In 1927, SW of Marshall, an oil field was found called Roxanna. Production was found in the Ordovician Wilcox Sand at depths of ~6000' with initial production rates as high as 2,450 bbl/d (390 m3/d). A boom town started and oil hands filtered into Marshall. There is nothing left of Roxanna today.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall,_Oklahoma

Marshall’s largest population was 695 in 1930. Of the 2010 population, 93% were white, 3.88% were native American, 3.88% Hispanic, and the remainder from two or more races or defined as “other.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz_ejGxqA1k says Marshall is a ghost town, which would come as a surprise to the almost 300 people who live there. I have seen many depopulated towns in Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma, but none completely abandoned. You have to consider definitions.