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Epperson's Ferry in Bowie County, Texas
Epperson's Ferry served the Trammel Trace across the Sulphur River in Bowie County.
Robin Cole-Jett
Apr 3, 2024
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Cash Point in Louisiana
If you search "Cash Point" in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, on a map today, you'd find RV Park bearing the name, and not much else.
Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 28, 2023
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The Fulton Ferry
What may be the final photo of the ferry at Fulton, Hempstead County, Arkansas which crossed the Red River just below the Great Bend.
Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 17, 2023
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Grand Ecore Fight
Today, Grand Ecore is referred to mainly as a geological feature, but there is a TON of human history on this bluff.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 23, 2023
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The Red River Toll Bridge at Sacra's Ferry at Brown Springs
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.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 23, 2023
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Olmsted and the Gaines Ferry
In a description of his travels to Texas, Olmsted and his party pushed on to Gaines Ferry on the Sabine River.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 23, 2023
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Sykes Ferry at Dorcheat Bayou, Louisiana
Sykes (Sikes) Ferry Road passing over Dorcheat Bayou north of Minden in central Webster Parish, Louisiana.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 22, 2023
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The Peru Ferry near Gilliam, Louisiana
The Peru Ferry near Gilliam served passengers and oil field traffic between Gilliam, Louisiana and the Old Plain Dealing Road.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 18, 2023
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Spring Bank, the last Ferry on the Red River
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.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 16, 2023
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Bridge Destruction(s) at Garland City
Garland City petitioned for a bridge over the Red River, but someone (still a mystery!) exploded it in 1930.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 16, 2023
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The Rock Bluff Ferry (Ferries!) of Love County, Oklahoma
The Rock Bluff Ferry of Love County, Oklahoma: a Tale of Three Ferries!
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 5, 2023
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Brown Springs in Love County, Oklahoma
Brown's Spring in Love County, Oklahoma is a natural spring about 200 yards from the Red River.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 3, 2023
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The Butterfield Overland Mail Route and Stagecoach
The Butterfield Overland Mail Route was the first transcontinental road in the United States.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 1, 2023
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Carpenter's Bluff Bridge
Before it ferried cars across, Carpenter's Bluff bridge served as a train crossing.
Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 31, 2023
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Steam Boat from Doaksville to Beal's Landing
An announcement of a stern wheeler going to Beal's Landing in Fannin County.
Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 24, 2023
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The Collapsed Toll Bridges at Sowell and Telephone, Texas
The toll bridge at Sowell's Bluff at the Red River, between Fannin County, Texas and Bryan County, Oklahoma collapsed in 1934.
Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 18, 2023
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The Wanderer, a Ferry on Lake Texoma
The construction of Denison Dam restricted accessing between Texas and Oklahoma. Bring on the ferry!
Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 14, 2023
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Colbert's Bridge, Hotel, and Ferry at the Red River
Colbert's hotel stood above his ferry, which once was replaced by a bridge in 1875 that the Red River promptly washed away.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 31, 2023
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Just floating an idea... literally
An aero-trolley at Turner Falls, Oklahoma. This may have been the general idea of the proposed ferry over the Red River. Oklahoma.net In...
Robin Cole-Jett
May 15, 2022
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Murder Mystery: Tuck's Ferry in Love County, Oklahoma
The demise of Tuck's Ferry in Love County, Oklahoma was the outcome of the ferry operator's murder.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 29, 2021
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