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Historical Markers

Colbert's Ferry Historical Marker
5 miles north of Denison off US Hwy 75 
Texas Travel Information Center 
33.81907    -96.53674

Texas Visitors Center at the TX-OK Border
North of Denison
Monument to Colbert's Ferry is at the entrance
Established about 1843 by Benjamin E. Colbert. Across it came thousands of immigrants into Texas in the fifties. The stages of the Southern Overland Line which provided mail and passenger service between St. Louis and San Francisco, crossing 1858 to 1861. Abandoned in1931 when a high bridge spanned Red River.

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