El Diablo Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 I've been waiting for a while to put this together.. I think a lot us have seen the first picture, the ferry at Albion To draw it home, the second picture is Sidney Trapp, who with his brother Dewey, ran the ferry. The woman with him in the picture is his wife, my Aunt Wilma (nee Leatherwood) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traces Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Howdy El Diablo ... I edited your post by putting in a couple of spaces between the photos. Thanks for posting. Super shots. I would have loved to cross the Red River on that ferry before the bridges got built. And can you imagine that being your job, to just wait around all day for folks wanting to cross the river? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Diablo Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 On 1/30/2023 at 7:14 AM, Traces said: Thanks for posting. Super shots. I would have loved to cross the Red River on that ferry before the bridges got built. And can you imagine that being your job, to just wait around all day for folks wanting to cross the river? Sidney & Dewey charged whatever they thought they could get out of you for fare. Story goes that one time, they had a destitute Okie try to give them a baby for fare. They refused. They didn't need another mouth to feed either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary M Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 El Diablo, there is a 100% chance that my great grandfather crossed the Red River on that Ferry. Check out the ad next to his photo! His name was Arlander Bedford Courtney (he went by AR) and I colorized this photo of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Diablo Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 Where is he buried? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LKP Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 On 7/1/2024 at 7:57 PM, El Diablo said: Where is he buried? Find-A-Grave says New Haven Cemetery in Clarksville. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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