Marker Inscription
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.
About this site
Jefferson Turn Basin is a historical marker in Jefferson, Marion County, dedicated in 1964. It is one of 94 historical markers documented in Marion County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 132 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.7563, -94.3436 near Jefferson. The nearest cataloged historic site is Early Jefferson Lodge Building (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Marion County, Culberson, Charles Allen, and Planters Bank.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5315008060. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
