Colbert's Ferry
Established about 1853 by Benjamin F. Colbert. Across it came thousands of immigrants into Texas in the fifties. The stages of the Southern Overland Mail Line, which provided mail and passenger service between St. Louis and San Francisco, crossed there, 1858 to 1861. Abandoned in 1931 when a highway bridge spanned the Red River.
33.8188° N, 96.5357° W
Nearby Markers
- <0.1 mi N 1931 Free Bridge Controversy
- 2.1 mi W Lake Texoma Denison
- 3.7 mi S Site of Terrell High School Denison
- 3.9 mi S Joseph G. McCoy, Promoter of Chisholm Trail Denison
- 4 mi S L. A. Washington, Jr. and wife Martha A. Denison
- 4 mi S Hopewell Baptist Church Denison