In 1929, the U.S. legislature wanted to eliminate toll bridges across the Red River (and other places) due to scandalous behavior.

The Cossatot River derives from a French word meaning"crushed head," and in 1833, it was to be spanned by a toll bridge.

The "Willis Bridge" now connects Oklahoma to Texas over Lake Texoma along US 377.

Today, Grand Ecore is referred to mainly as a geological feature, but there is a TON of human history on this bluff.

In 1931, the toll bridge at the former Sacra's Ferry site across from Brown Springs closed for good in favor of a free bridge a upstream.

The Spring Bank ferry over the Red River was unique, as the Blanton family operated it for over a hundred years, from 1836 until 1957.

Garland City petitioned for a bridge over the Red River, but someone (still a mystery!) exploded it in 1930.

Before it ferried cars across, Carpenter's Bluff bridge served as a train crossing.

The toll bridge at Sowell's Bluff at the Red River, between Fannin County, Texas and Bryan County, Oklahoma collapsed in 1934.

The Index Bridge over the Red River between Texas and Arkansas was once a beautiful structure.

Colbert's hotel stood above his ferry, which once was replaced by a bridge in 1875 that the Red River promptly washed away.