In early January of 1901, “Thurber was the scene of a real elopement. Mr. W.P. White, the Jolly night fireman at the ice plant, secured a buggy and drove around to the house of a friend were he met by appointment, Miss Susan Rogers. They drove down to the Junction (Mingus) and boarded the west bound noon train for Eastland. Arrived there they immediately repaired to the county clerk’s office, procured a license, and lost no time in having the nuptial knot tied.” Texas Mining and Trade Journal