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Ferry Franchise Sale Notice

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This file appears in: Carrollton's First Ferry

The Carrollton Sun, September 12, 1860


This file appears in: Carrollton's First Ferry

Carrollton's First Ferry

By Michael Mizell-Nelson
Earliest ferry service from Carrollton across the Mississippi River to the West Bank area known as Nine Mile Point was operating by 1845. Rowers powered these skiff ferries. In the mid- and late…

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