| Marker Number |
9478 |
| Atlas Number |
5037009478 |
| Marker Title |
Site of Epperson's Ferry |
| Index Entry |
Epperson's Ferry, Site of |
| Address |
US 67 |
| City |
Maud |
| County |
Bowie |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
376442 |
| UTM Northing |
3689589 |
| Subject Codes |
water topics; transportation; Native Americans; exploration; pioneers |
| Marker Year |
1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Northwest corner of US 67 and Broadway, 0.4 mi. NE of US 67 and Lincoln St. Marker reported damaged (toppled) Jul. 2022. Restoration pending. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
Damaged |
| Marker Size |
1936 Texas Centennial - historical marker |
| Marker Text |
At this crossing, constructed by nature and used by Caddo Indians, early French and Spanish explorers, and travelers over Trammel's Trace, 1815, 1830, Mark Epperson before 1837 established a ferry used until the construction of a wooden bridge antedating the modern structure erected in 1924. Erected by the State of Texas 1936. SUPPLEMENTAL PLATE: 1956 This monument was removed to its present location when its original site, 7 miles southwest, was inundated by Lake Texarkana |
