The Red River of the South meanders 1,360 miles through Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana before empting into the Mississippi River. It forms the border between Texas and Oklahoma for significant distances.
The Red River has played key roles in Alexandria and Pineville through the decades, and centuries, through peaceful times and through the Civil War, through low stages of the river, and in floods like that shown below of the Murray Street Bridge.
A series of locks and dam built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have made the Red River navigable through Alexandria.
Pineville Louisiana flooded by Red River
Last day of the Murray Street Bridge, February 19, 1984
Photo courtesy of the Louisiana History Museum
Mercury
on Red River2
Steamboat
on Red River
Steamboat
with Cotton
Murray
Street Bridge2
Murray
Street Bridge
Murray
Street Bridge
Murray
Street Bridge
Murray
Street Bridge
Murray
Street Bridge
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Allen Bridge3
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Allen Bridge8
2Courtesy
of Don Sepulvado 3Courtesy of Fred
Richards 8Courtesy
of Monnie Burnette
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