| Marker Number |
8060 |
| Atlas Number |
5315008060 |
| Marker Title |
Jefferson Turn Basin |
| Index Entry |
Jefferson Turn Basin |
| Address |
|
| City |
Jefferson |
| County |
Marion |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
373916 |
| UTM Northing |
3625137 |
| Subject Codes |
boats, ships, ferries, barges, and other marine vessels; water topics |
| Marker Year |
1964 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
park located at the southeast corner of Polk and Dallas Streets, on concrete park walkway north of bridge |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Wide, deep lagoon in Cypress Bayou, used for turning around ships in Gulf-Red River trade. First steamer to reach here was the "Lama" in 1844, by way of Red River, which for 200 miles above Shreveport was clogged by a "raft" of debris that had begun forming about 1529. Cypress Bayou thus was best travel route into Oklahoma, western Arkansas and north Texas. Until Federal government in 1873 removed the raft, Jefferson was southwest's greatest inland port, with this basin its business center. Last steamer operated here in 1903. |
