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Baer's Ferry  In his native country Daniel Baer learned the trade of
milling and on reaching this country settled in the state of New York,
whence he afterward removed to Missouri, where he remained for three
years, being employed as a brakeman on the railroad. He came to Texas
in 1871 and was employed by the Fort Worth & Denver Railroad
Company in the construction department. In the latter part of that year
he settled in the northern section of Grayson county, Texas, about five
miles from Denison, and established a ferry on the Red river between
the Chickasaw Nation and Texas, operated on the old time cable system.
Mr. Baer has since conducted this ferry and receives the following
rate: twenty-five cents for a team, twenty cents for a single horse and
man. He pays five hundred dollars per year to the Chickasaw Nations for
the exclusive right to operate the ferry. He also owns three hundred
and eighty-eight acres of land which he purchased when he came to the
county and this he rents, it being devoted to the raising of cotton and
corn. While working on the railroad in Missouri as a brakeman he lost
his right leg just below the knee through an accident and has been thus
somewhat handicapped, but has made excellent success in his business. B. B. Paddock, History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1906), Vol. I, pp. 547-548. genealogymagazine.com Baer's Ferry, which operated north of Denison, is typical of the Red River ferries, of which Colbert's Ferry was the most famous. Baer's Ferry, North of Denison. Source: Landrum, Graham. "Grayson County: An Illustrated History of Grayson County, Texas." Book, 1960, page 23; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth24647/ : accessed July 20, 2013), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries, Denton, Texas.  Biography Index Waterways Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |