Wedding Oak

The oak stands about a mile northwest of San Saba, a town named for its river. The San Saba River rises in two prongs near Eldorado and Sonora that meet about two miles west of Fort McKavett, then flows about 140 miles northeast through Menard, Mason, McCulloch and San Saba counties to the Colorado, eight miles northeast of San Saba. In 1732 Governor Juan Antonio Bustillo y Ceballos named it Río de San Sabá de las Nueces, perhaps because his party reached it on the day of St. Sabbas, a sixth-century monk.

What the plaque says

Wedding Oak A legendary Indian site, popular into the 1900s, Wedding Oak sheltered many marriage services. Three occurred in one day, Dec. 24, 1911. (1972)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Colorado Bend State Park — 19 mi
  Old ranch country on the Colorado above Lake Buchanan, where a spring-fed creek drops 70 feet over fern-covered travertine at Gorman Falls.

More markers nearby

• James Louis & Ellen Austin Baker — 1.2 mi
• First Baptist Church of San Saba — 1.2 mi
• San Saba Church of Christ — 1.2 mi
• Sion Record Bostick — 1.3 mi