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Show , river . ( He Re ) ( remembered reiiiembere ) 210 the datebectlitse ( statehood stat6hood ) ( came cainic ) ( in iii ) 1907 . He did not ( know Icnow ) ( vihsit vhat ) ( became' became became ) of the boat ; it was used by the timber people in ( raTt- raTt ) ing ( timber thiiber ) down the river ; ash timber was put ( on oil ) ( 'it it ) by the ( handle haidle ) ( factoiy factory ) ( which wldch ) ( owned oivned ) it . If it ( made inade ) ( more iiiore ) tlian 3 trips ( he lie ) did not see it . The steamboats used to ( come coine ) up ( bringing bringhig ) freight , and carry cotton back , but the ( commercial cojiimercial ) boats did not run ( on oii ) the ( river rhrer ) since the railroads came into the country . The last boat ( he lie ) saw had a wooden ( hull liull ) , and the river was at a very low stage ( when wlien ) the ( boat bodt ) went up . Before the Texas & Pacific was built , the ( sup- sup ) plies were brought up by steamboat , and the ( cotton cottoil ) and produce of the country ( were vere ) carried back . ( In Iii ) ( cotton-growing cottongrowing ) countries like this , the business of the country is conducted ( in ill ) the fall and winter , and during ( this t1lis ) season the boats ( would vould ) come up ; the rises ( would woulcl ) occur at the right time for moving the ( commerce coinnierce ) of the country ; other rises occurred at other times , but there was ( nothing notlihig ) for the boats to ( come couie ) for except during the fall and winter . ( Grovernment Goveriiment ) snag boats have worked on the river . Boats were used ( 011 oil ) a six ( or oi ) ( seven sevell ) foot rise . He ( sometimes somethnes ) worked on boats ; they carefully ( meas meas- meas ) ured the waterwheii they were afraid of bars . He saw a man ( on oil ) the bow of boats in the early days cast a line to measure the water . There were whiskey bars ( 011 on ) the boats . During the ( low-water lowwater ) season in this country people would go to Jefferson , ( Texas Temas ) , for their supplies ; steamboats ( ran rail ) ( there fliere ) all the ( time tilne ) . Between ( boating boatiiig ) seasons they went ( overland overlaild ) for freight . The boating ( season seasoil ) would , last during December , January , February , ( March Marcli ) , |
