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Colorado River Ferry Crossing

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In the 1880s, this ferry carried travel on the Ballinger–San Angelo Road. Rates fixed by the county court ranged from one cent for a head of livestock to one dollar for 6 horses and a wagon. The ferry remained in use until the first cedar and pine wood bridge was built in 1888.
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