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It is now 10:54 p.m. (CST) on Tuesday, 1 May, 2001. After an evening out with my wife, I checked my e-mail before going to bed. One message was from Fortune City, the host for this page. In it, FC announced that they would cease to exist as of 4:00 p.m. (CST) this coming Friday, May 4, 2001. I have everything on this site backed up on my hard drive, so as soon as I can find a new host, I will resurrect it. In the meantime, check out the Love County, OK, GenWeb site (http://www.rootsweb.com/~oklove/). I have another site about my Rowland's and my Weathers' at http://members.tripod.com/~Ray1935/index.html |
| I have been contacted by Mr. Harold Morris of New Orleans, LA, about a quilt he owns. It was made in Love County, OK, between 1933 and 1940. There are 30 names embroidered on the quilt. He would like to compile a history of the quilt and the ladies whose names appear on it. Here is what he wrote me: | |
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Love County, Oklahoma, straddles Interstate 35 nestles the Red River on the south. The county seat of Love County is Marietta.TOWNS & COMMUNITIES in Love County --
 The only thing left of this community is a deserted cemetery which is located across the road, north, from McGeehee's Catfish Restaurant, and a couple of hundred yards east of McGeehee's airstrip.My grandmother, Irzella Thamer (prounounced Tamer) Thornton WEATHERS and her youngest son, Woodrow, are buried in unmarked graves in the Arnoldville Cemetery. According to the Marietta Monitor the community had a Trading Post and a Post Office from 12 February, 1885 to 2 April, 1889.  Description and aerial photo of the cityVERY brief history of the city |
DISASTER! 1947 These pictures were made following the devastating fire in downtown Marietta in 1947. One of the burned-out buildings shown here was the old Marietta Drug which stood about where Horn's has been for many years. Another was one of the grocery stores.
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Other GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURESMUNICIPAL & POLITICAL UNITS
Love County Sheriff's DepartmentBUSINESSES & INDUSTRIESCHURCHES* This church has recently disbanded and as of this day (1 June, 2000) the members are trying to find a way to make the building useful as the home of another congregation or some other organization.
Like a lot of places in our part of the world, Marietta and Love County have a colorful history, some of which we'll be posting as soon as it is possible to do so. In decades past when Texas had a waiting period for couples wishing to get married and Oklahoma did not, they would frequently slip over to the nearest Oklahoma county to tie the knot. Love County, of course, appealed to the romantic nature of the event and there were a LOT of marriage ceremonies performed in the county.My grandfather, 
Rev. Walter Pervia ROWLAND, ministered in Love County for about 65 years. He pastored every Baptist Church in the county except for the First Baptist Church of Marietta. He was the founding pastor of Eastside Baptist Church in Marietta. My Mother, Brother, and Niece still attend that church.
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During his ministry, Grandad performed about 1,000 marriage ceremonies and conducted about 1,000 funerals. I have in my possession his original records of most of those weddings and funerals. However, his record keeping system was rather casual and disorganized -- except to himself. As soon as I can decipher his notes and enter his records on a computer, I will post them to this website. Meanwhile, if you (or your parents) were married by Grandad -- Rev. W.P. ROWLAND, would you please let me know?WHAT HAS COME OUT OF MARIETTA AND LOVE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA?Well, for one thing, my brother and I were both born in Love County. I was born in town and he a couple of miles north of Hickory Creek.Little Brownie Cookies -- Remember when there were billboards for many miles around advertising "Fresh Broken Cookies -- 25 ¢" Of course they were "fresh broken". Employees were paid to break them as they came out of the oven. Did you know that you can still get a big bag of "fresh broken cookies" for a dollar or less?Ralph EVANS -- Marietta and Love County building contractor, friend, and historian. Ralph's widow, Helen, has given us permission to post exerpts from his book FRONTIER DAYS IN LOVE COUNTY. Those exerpts will be coming soon.McGeehee's Catfish -- Delicious! Originally they raised all of their own fish in their own fish farm among the pecan trees along the Red River. Then it seemed that the whole world discovered the restaurant. The last several times I went, the waiting room was full at least an hour before the doors officially opened.Robertson's Ham! When Granddad had his second hand store/fixit shop/electrical supply store/Avon sales (Grandmother) on Main Street, Robertson's had their butcher shop and meat lockers for rent just a door or so away.Rev. Walter Pervia ROWLAND, minister, businessman, pastor, author, my grandfather. He wrote a LOT -- some for his own amusement, some for publication. On this website we will be posting some of his autobiographical writings. In these snatches of his life and of his several brothers and sisters, we will see what life was like in the ROWLAND household. Along with me, you will learn that the godly man we knew was at times a rather mean little boy. To check out some of his autobiographical stories, click here.The Marietta Monitor -- keeping Love County and those of us with ties to Love County informed of the comings and goings of Love Countians for a very long time.The publisher and editor of The Marietta Monitor have given us permission to post exerpts from special historical supplements published in the 1970's about the really early years of Marietta and Love County, Oklahoma. Be sure to watch for them.
