The Many Faces of Texoma's Red River: Including Ferries, Bridges and the Construction of the Denison Dam (Denison Dam, Lake Texoma and Red River, Band 2) - Softcover

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None of us are one dimensional. We all have many facets to our personalities. A facet is defined as an aspect or phase, or, as in jewelry, a particular visible surface or face. Things and places such as rivers can also have many diverse facets or faces which might be perceived as positive or negative.The Red River of Texoma is no exception, it has many different faces; some benevolent, some fearsome.Faces are perceived many different ways according to the eye of the beholder and his or her perspective. Also like faces, the river is ever changing, remaining fascinating no matter how long it is observed.This book will attempt to examine The Many Faces of Texoma’s Red River.Page 6 INTRODUCTIONPages 7-31 - THE YOUNG FACE OF THE RED RIVERPages 32-141 - FRIENDLY FACE OF RED RIVER PROVIDES WATERY HIGHWAY:Pages 32-35 RED RIVER WAS A CROSSING ON THE CATTLE TRAILS Pages 36 - 41 THE GREAT RAFT, COTTON TRANSPORTED ON RIVERPages 42 - NAVIGATION ON THE RED RIVERPages 59-98 - RED RIVER FERRIESPages 99-131 - BRIDGES ON THE RED RIVER ENABLED TRAIN AND IMMIGRANT CROSSINGS AND HELPED COMMERCEPages 132-143 - THE BENEFICENT FACE OF RED RIVER PROVIDES FOOD AND WATER, A SOURCE OF LIFEPages 144-226 - THE FEARSOME FACE OF RED RIVERRED RIVER WAS A SOURCE OF NATURAL DISASTER, DESTRUCTION AND DEATHFull of DRY SAND BARS At Times, SWOLLEN WITH RAGING FLOODS One Day, A FROZEN ICE RINK The NextPage 227-228 - SAVING LIVES ON THE RED ANOTHER FACE……Pages 229-264 - THE FIERCE DESTRUCTIVE FACE OF THE RED RIVER UNDER CONTROL FLOOD CONTROL ON RED RIVER ULTIMATELY ACCOMPLISHED BY BUILDING THE DENISON DAM CONSTRUCTION OF THE DAMPages 265-274 - THE WILD SIDE OF THE FACE OF RED RIVER

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