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Walters' Bluff Ferry

  Texas Historical Markers
Big Sandy, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32° 33' 57.21157000008", -95° 8' 15.49233999996"
 
    Texas State
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     Located at a noted early-day crossing on Sabine River, this pioneer ferry carried settlers traveling north or south into Upshur or Smith counties. It was begun before 1849 by Robt. Walters, a Texas revolutionary veteran, and used until a bridge was built, 1903. Town of Florence was once situated near ferry on south bank of the Sabine. Ferriage rates in 1860 were 50 cents for a wagon drawn by two horses or oxen; 75 cents for a wagon and more than two animals. A pleasure carriage was charged 40 cents; a man and horse, 10 cents; loose livestock, 5 cents per head.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Walters' Bluff Ferry Historical Marker Location Map, Big Sandy, Texas