This December 2013 photo shows an abandoned building and car in rural Cimarron County in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Before becoming a part of Oklahoma Territory, this strip known as No Man’s Land ...

This December 2013 photo shows an abandoned building and car in rural Cimarron County in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Before becoming a part of Oklahoma Territory, this strip known as No Man’s Land ...

– The Oklahoma Panhandle has never been for the faint of heart. ... Today, travelers will find this abandoned building and truck in rural Cimarron County. Kristi Eaton/Associated Press ...

Cimarron County is the westernmost county in the Oklahoma panhandle, and it abuts the border of New Mexico, which is home to a healthy population of well over 3,000 mountain lions.

Rural Oklahoma’s population is continuing to shrink. That was the headline news in a key U.S. Census Bureau report released last week. The census numbers are what will be used to put the final ...