Colbert's Ferry - Colbert, OK
N 33° 51.218 W 096° 30.152
14S E 731057 N 3748734
Oklahoma Historical Marker at the Colbert Historical Museum, 100 N Burney St, Colbert, OK, noting the importance of the ferry established by B.F. Colbert across the Red River.
Waymark Code: WMT74J
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 10/06/2016
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The text is identical on both sides:
Colbert's Ferry
Chickasaw Nation
Ferry owned by B.F. Colbert, at old crossing on Red River 3 miles south, was noted on the Butterfield Overland Mail line, organized, 1857; first U.S. mail route by stage between cities of St. Louis and San Francisco. Colbert post office was established here on Nov. 17, 1853, Walter D. Collins, postmaster.
Oklahoma Historical Society and State Highway Commission 1957
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Colbert's Ferry was so important to both Oklahoma and Texas that each state has their own historical marker. Texas's is in a rest stop just a few miles south of here on US 75, and photos are in the gallery. (
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