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 Site of Epperson's Ferry
N 33° 20.304 W 094° 19.662
15S E 376442 N 3689589
Gray granite 1936 Texas Centennial Marker located in Maud, TX, about seven miles from where a prominent ferry crossing was once located.
Waymark Code: WMQME1
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/02/2016
Views: 6
Marker Number: 9478
Marker Text:
At this crossing, constructed by nature and used by Caddo Indians, early French and Spanish explorers, and travelers over Trammel's Trace, 1815, 1830, Mark Epperson before 1837 established a ferry used until the construction of a wooden bridge antedating the modern structure erected in 1924.
Erected by the State of Texas
1936
Addendum plate:
1956
This monument was removed to its present location when its original site, 7 miles southwest, was inundated by Lake Texarkana
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