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The site of Colbert's Ferry on the Red River has been important since the early 1820s. The Texas Road, which carried traffic from Kansas and Missouri to Texas, crossed the Red River at this point. Benjamin Colbert, a Chickasaw, established his first ferry in 1853, and the Butterfield Overland Stage used his ferry to cross the river. Later, the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railroad followed the route of the Texas Road, as did US Highway 69. The three-mile long Denison Dam was completed in 1944, creating Lake Texoma.
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