The Hanging Tree

This is the Hanging Tree in Monticello, Florida. Located at the Intersection of Hwy 90. Most southern town seats from pre Civil War to the mid 1930's had what locals referred to as the "hanging tree" These trees were positioned adjunct to county court houses (A stone's throw away) as most southerners would say. Monticello is no exception; their hanging tree from days gone by still stands proudly in the city square. Hangings would take place Thursday afternoons and storekeepers would close their shops to attend. This became a practice for the first hanging and although public hangings are a thing of the past, this historic old town still closes it's shops on Thursday afternoon.