Walter's Bluff Ferry
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member QuarrellaDeVil
N 32° 33.953 W 095° 08.258
15S E 299318 N 3605178
Texas Historical Marker in a roadside pullout on the west side of TX 155 about 2.5 miles south of Big Sandy, providing some history of the ferry that once operated in this area, since replaced by modern engineering.
Waymark Code: WM11ATX
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/17/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member QuesterMark
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Marker Number: 11353

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(Site located 1.3 miles southeast)

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¢ for a wagon drawn by two horses or oxen; 75¢ for a wagon and more than two animals. A pleasure carriage was charged 40¢; a man and horse, 10¢; loose livestock, 5¢ per head. (1968)
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