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Show The ( Stoamboats steaniboats ) coming 189 up the mouth of ( Big 'Big Big ) Mineral and Preston had boilers on them ; they ( were 'were were ) loaded with dry goods , groceries , and whiskey ; , ( 'One One one ) went to the mouth of Big Mineral and stopped , ( Staying stayhig ) all winter , selling groceries and dry goods to the people and in return took money , hides , ( buffalo 'buffalo buffalo ) robes , and country produce . By spring they pretty well sold out their stock of groceries and dry goods ; they again came back to Preston with a heavily loaded boat , and sold groceries and whiskey there . The boat did not stay there but a little while . It was loaded with all kinds of furs and hides and went out in the spring . Dan H . Collins , 40 years old , farmer , of Colbert , Oklahoma , who lived there all his life , saw the Annie P . , and the Government snag boats up there . ( R . 1557 . ) G . ( W TV ) . Webb Y residence 1Y miles south of Achille , southern part of Bryan County , 4 miles from , Red River . He had a gasoline boat down at Kiamichi on the river and tried to bring it up the river ; it was 16 ft . wide and 36 ft . long ; the bridge was 14 ft . wide and 20 ft . long . The boat drew 32" of water and ( he lie ) did not find the water deep enough to bring it unless he could get a rise . He brought the boat up in 1908 , and got it here on a rise in the river . The boat was built by one of the lumber companies to raft logs . He brought it up the river to use as a ferryboat . R . P . Draper ( R . 1567 ) , County Surveyor , ( Choc- Choc ) taw ( County Comity ) , Okla . , 60 years old , lived in that county |