 Daniel Baer  In his
native country Daniel Baer learned the trade of milling and on reaching
this country settled in the state of New York, whence he afterward
removed to Missouri, where he remained for three years, being employed
as a brakeman on the railroad. He came to Texas in 1871 and was
employed by the Fort Worth & Denver Railroad Company in the
construction department. In the latter part of that year he settled in
the northern section of Grayson county, Texas, about five miles from
Denison, and established a ferry on the Red river between the Chickasaw
Nation and Texas, operated on the old time cable system. Mr. Baer has
since conducted this ferry and receives the following rate: twenty-five
cents for a team, twenty cents for a single horse and man. He pays five
hundred dollars per year to the Chickasaw Nations for the exclusive
right to operate the ferry. He also owns three hundred and eighty-eight
acres of land which he purchased when he came to the county and this he
rents, it being devoted to the raising of cotton and corn. While
working on the railroad in Missouri as a brakeman he lost his right leg
just below the knee through an accident and has been thus somewhat
handicapped, but has made excellent success in his business.
B.
B. Paddock, History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas
(Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1906), Vol. I, pp. 547-548.
genealogymagazine.com
 Baer's Ferry, which operated north of Denison, is typical of the Red River ferries, of which Colbert's Ferry was the most famous. Baer's Ferry, North of Denison.
Source: Landrum, Graham. "Grayson County: An Illustrated History of Grayson County, Texas." Book, 1960, page 23; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth24647/ : accessed July 20, 2013), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries, Denton, Texas.  Biography Index Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |