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  2. Category:Ferries of Texas - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 24 December 2023, at 09:30 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  3. Lynchburg, Texas - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] The ferry connected what would become the community of Lynchburg, on the east side of the crossing with the road to Harrisburg. At the western landing is the location of the San Jacinto Battlefield , where Texan forces under Sam Houston defeated Antonio López de Santa Anna 's Mexican forces in 1836.

  4. 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.

  5. 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]

  6. 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 ...

  7. Texas education officials approve optional school curriculum ...

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    The curriculum has also drawn criticism from Texas AFT, a union representing over 60,000 public school educators and support staff across the state. The union said in a news release the materials ...

  8. Colbert's Ferry - Wikipedia

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    Colbert's Ferry was an important Red River crossing between Texas and Indian Territory from about 1853 to 1899. Both the Texas Road and the Butterfield Overland Mail route crossed here. It was located on the Texas Road about 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of present–day Colbert , Bryan County, Oklahoma . [ 3 ]

  9. Category:Ferry transportation in Texas - Wikipedia

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