33 In a statement made to the Northern
Standard,
Feb. 23, 1850, Capt.
J. Claiborne, agent for the steamboat Texas,
denied rumors that this boat
would not carry cargo above Wright's Landing whenever the depth of
the water in Red River made it possible. Great cargoes of cotton and other
commodities were transported on Red River as high as Preston, north
of present-day Denison, but this traffic was only possible when the condi-
tions of the river were favorable. It should be borne in mind that river
travel below Wright's Landing, while less uncertain than travel above that
point, was itself of an intermittent character.
