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Walters' Bluff Ferry |
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Big Sandy,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
32° 33' 57.21157000008",
-95° 8' 15.49233999996"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
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
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