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  2. Category:Ferries of Texas - Wikipedia

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  3. Lynchburg Ferry - Wikipedia

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    The present-day location of this ferry can trace its origins back to 1822 when it was constructed by Nathaniel Lynch just below the confluence of the San Jacinto River and the Buffalo Bayou and was known as Lynch's Ferry. [6] The ferry was used by the Republic of Texas troops fighting Mexican forces in the Battle of San Jacinto April 1836. [6]

  4. Ferry - Wikipedia

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    A ferry is a boat that transports passengers, and occasionally vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A small passenger ferry with multiple stops, like those in Venice, Italy, is sometimes referred to as a water taxi or water bus.

  5. Category:Ferry transportation in Texas - Wikipedia

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  6. History of Texas - Wikipedia

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    In 1845, Texas joined the United States, becoming the 28th state, when the United States annexed it. Only after the conclusion of the Mexican–American War, with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, did Mexico recognize Texan independence. Texas declared its secession from the United States in 1861 to join the Confederate States of America.

  7. Gaines Ferry - Wikipedia

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    The ferry, formerly Chabanan Ferry circa 1795, was a major crossing between what was to become the states of Texas and Louisiana, across a point where the Gaines-Pendleton Bridge is now located, at the site of the old town of Pendleton, [1] near Milam, Texas. The road leading to the ferry was part of the El Camino Real highway, a series of ...

  8. Cable ferry - Wikipedia

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    The reaction ferry uses the power of the river to tack across the current; the powered cable ferry uses engines or electric motors (e.g., the Canby Ferry in the U.S. State of Oregon) to wind itself across; or is hand-operated, such as the Stratford-upon-Avon chain ferry in the UK and the Saugatuck Chain Ferry in Saugatuck, Michigan, United States.

  9. United States Marine Highway Program - Wikipedia

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    The United States Marine Highway Program is a United States Department of Transportation (DOT) initiative authorized to increase use of the United States' 29,000 mi (47,000 km) of navigable waterways to alleviate traffic and wear to the nation's highways caused by tractor trailer traffic.