THE MARRYING TREES: 

People who lived on the Arkansas/Texas State Line, 
Cass County, Texas from small towns in the Bloomburg area:

After the railroad came, the groom-to-be could ride the train to 
Texarkana, walk over to the Miller County, Courthouse, Arkansas 
and purchase the marriage license, then walk back to the train. 

Then the couple would get the preacher and their witnesses and go 
to what was called the ** Marrying Trees across the Arkansas line 
and have the knot tied. 

If the Groom-to-be had gone to Linden the only way to get there 
would have been by horse-back or horse and buggy, going across 
red, muddy, narrow roads. 

The coming of the automobile ended this custom. 




Submitted By: GVRichards@aol.com
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