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Show ( since sinou ) 1903 ; before that 190 ( time thne ) resided in ( Lamar Lunar- Lunar ) County Texas opposite Choctaw County ( Okln Okl- Okl ) , , , , . . , . testified : The boat ( coming coining ) down the river in 1867 was the first one lie knew of and that was in the fall or winter season . It was named the Cuba ; it drew between U and 4 feet when loaded . There were . several boats since that time which ( he lie ) saw , the last navigation occurring in 1875 . ( Since Sirice ) that time ( there there- there ) have also been gasoline launches ( on oii ) the river . These gasoline boats were principally used for rafting ( tim- tim ) ber ; quite a lot of timber has ( beea been ) rafted down the river to different mills along the river ; they generally happen to catch a rise ; they could ( not iiot ) do much in the ordinary stage of the river . There has been a good deal of logging on the river in his recollection . It was the ( custom custoin ) to float these logs ( down doNvu ) the river to ( saw- saw ) mills adjacent to the river . Some of them were even floated to Fulton , Arkansas , and below there even . Walnut logs were floated down the ( river ri-ver river ) ; logging was quite a large industry in the Red River valley for a great many years , and floating and rafting the logs down the river was one of the usual and ordinary methods of carrying those logs to ( market iiiarket ) . After the invention of motor boats these boats were , used in shoving the rafts along ; but that was not done extensively ; it did not seem to be a success . They generally took advantage of the rises and rafted the logs down during a rise . The boat ( he lie ) spoke of as landing at Hickory Bluff Landing was a steamboat ; it was carrying cotton for some ( point 13oint ) up the river . ( Up JTp ) to the time the railroad came , a large portion of |