The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Marshall began as a community when the Unassigned Lands were opened for settlement in 1889. Sylvan T. Rice opened a post office in 1890. Rice was from Marshalltown, Iowa and named the new town Marshall after his home town. He also opened the first store in 1894. The town boomed after the opening of the Cherokee Strip in 1893.
The Denver, Enid and Gulf Railroad built a track nearby a few years later in 1902 a half-mile from town so the entire town moved to be near the railroad. Marshall was incorporated in 1903. The railroad was bought by the Eastern Oklahoma Railway in 1907, which resold it to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad in the same year.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Marshall’s history is told.
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Then & now
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Historic places
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