Historical Marker
Burr Ferry
Leesville, Vernon County · Louisiana
Hickman's Ferry became Burr's Ferry in 1847, and the name came from Dr. Timothy Burr, a physician who settled by the river around 1820; the commonly printed 1809 arrival is doubtful. The crossing used a flat-topped cable ferry pulled across the Sabine, with cables that could be lowered to let boats pass. Philip Nolan passed this way on his last trip, Texas cattle drives bound for Alexandria used it, and it ran until the Burr's Ferry Bridge opened in 1937. The post office, renamed Burr Ferry in 1892, closed for good in 1933.
Where it stands
31.06578, -93.51242 · Directions
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