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Burr Ferry, Louisiana : ウィキペディア英語版 | Burr Ferry, Louisiana
Burr Ferry is a unincorporated community at the junction of LA 8 and LA 111 south, in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States. This is only a couple of miles from the site of the old Burr's Ferry on the Sabine River, at the Texas line. The Sabine River, at this location, is the site of two listings on the National Register of Historic Places; Burr's Ferry Bridge, and Burr's Ferry Earthworks.〔National Register of Historic Places -Burr's Ferry Earthwork〕 ==Nolan Trace== LA 8 is referred to as the Nolan Trace after Philip Nolan. The adventurer that traveled the road to Texas and back many times took one last trip through Burr Ferry in 1801. This ill fated trip ended in east Texas with the death of Philip, by the Royal Spanish army, and the capture of his expedition numbered to be around 20. Peter Ellis Bean.〔Bean, Ellis P. (1816). Appendix No. II, "Memoir of Colonel Ellis P. Bean" as published in History of Texas From Its First Settlement In 1685 To Its Annexation To The United States In 1846. New York: Redfield (1856). pp. 403–452〕 was among the group captured and wrote about it later. Dr. Timothy Burr, a second cousin to U S Vice President Aaron Burr Jr., settled with his family in the area circa 1820. His grandfather was Daniel Burr of Fairfield, Connecticut, and a graduate of Yale University. His father's first name is not known. One of Daniel's sons, Aaron, Sr., was among the founders of Princeton University and the father of Aaron Burr, Jr.
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