James Thomas Miller and Zula Barrett met at a social. Their courting from then on was continued on horseback riding and working in the fields on their parents' neighboring Oklahoma farms.
Miller recalls, "I never did formally propose, but I asked Zula if she would like to go to the Choctaw Nation with me." So on 11 October 1903, they eloped on horseback. They were married at Durant, Oklahoma, that night by lantern light in the preacher's buggy.
Their first home was a dugout in Oklahoma. Summer brought sandstorms, and winter brought snow storms. Such adverse conditions brought them to West Texas.
Arriving in Dawson County by wagon, the Millers settled near Lamesa, where Mrs. Miller said it was the happiest time of their married life. In 1923, Miller broke pasture land for a farm. In 1946, the couple left the farm to operate a business in Big Spring. In 1955, the couple retired.
Miller recalls, "I never did formally propose, but I asked Zula if she would like to go to the Choctaw Nation with me." So on 11 October 1903, they eloped on horseback. They were married at Durant, Oklahoma, that night by lantern light in the preacher's buggy.
Their first home was a dugout in Oklahoma. Summer brought sandstorms, and winter brought snow storms. Such adverse conditions brought them to West Texas.
Arriving in Dawson County by wagon, the Millers settled near Lamesa, where Mrs. Miller said it was the happiest time of their married life. In 1923, Miller broke pasture land for a farm. In 1946, the couple left the farm to operate a business in Big Spring. In 1955, the couple retired.
James Thomas Miller and Zula Barrett met at a social. Their courting from then on was continued on horseback riding and working in the fields on their parents' neighboring Oklahoma farms.
Miller recalls, "I never did formally propose, but I asked Zula if she would like to go to the Choctaw Nation with me." So on 11 October 1903, they eloped on horseback. They were married at Durant, Oklahoma, that night by lantern light in the preacher's buggy.
Their first home was a dugout in Oklahoma. Summer brought sandstorms, and winter brought snow storms. Such adverse conditions brought them to West Texas.
Arriving in Dawson County by wagon, the Millers settled near Lamesa, where Mrs. Miller said it was the happiest time of their married life. In 1923, Miller broke pasture land for a farm. In 1946, the couple left the farm to operate a business in Big Spring. In 1955, the couple retired.
Miller recalls, "I never did formally propose, but I asked Zula if she would like to go to the Choctaw Nation with me." So on 11 October 1903, they eloped on horseback. They were married at Durant, Oklahoma, that night by lantern light in the preacher's buggy.
Their first home was a dugout in Oklahoma. Summer brought sandstorms, and winter brought snow storms. Such adverse conditions brought them to West Texas.
Arriving in Dawson County by wagon, the Millers settled near Lamesa, where Mrs. Miller said it was the happiest time of their married life. In 1923, Miller broke pasture land for a farm. In 1946, the couple left the farm to operate a business in Big Spring. In 1955, the couple retired.
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