Located at the junction of the Saint Francis and Little rivers, Marked Tree was named for a blazed oak that marked a port on the Saint Francis river. It is said that the Murrel gang of outlaws, who terrorized parts of Arkansas and Tennessee during the first half of the 19th century, burned the tree to mark a good crossing point on the river. The tree was washed away by a flood in 1890. Marked Tree was incorporated in 1897.
