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  Shreveport 
  Area 
  : 
  The 
  Raft 
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  The 
  deposition 
  near 
  the 
  main 
  bayou 
  mouths 
  was 
  undoubtedly 
  

   much 
  greater. 
  Parts 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  Cypress 
  bayou 
  channel, 
  in 
  the 
  

   region 
  of 
  Albany, 
  was 
  filled 
  to 
  the 
  level 
  and 
  above 
  the 
  banks 
  

   of 
  the 
  old 
  stream 
  by 
  the 
  material 
  brought 
  down 
  by 
  Red 
  bayou. 
  

  

  After 
  the 
  cutting 
  of 
  Sewell's 
  canal 
  with 
  the 
  resultant 
  diversion 
  

   of 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Red 
  bayou, 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  sediment 
  was 
  

   deposited 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  Ferry 
  lake. 
  H. 
  C. 
  Collins 
  gives 
  

   an 
  interesting 
  account, 
  in 
  1872, 
  of 
  the 
  passage 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  of 
  

   Stumpy 
  bayou 
  into 
  Ferry 
  lake. 
  He 
  says 
  : 
  " 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  

   follows 
  the 
  bluff, 
  and 
  passes 
  into 
  Ferry 
  lake 
  on 
  its 
  north 
  side, 
  the 
  

   current 
  running 
  west 
  up 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  about 
  a 
  mile, 
  

   and 
  depositing 
  in 
  it 
  a 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  its 
  mud. 
  At 
  times 
  of 
  rapid 
  

   rise 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  strong 
  current 
  up 
  the 
  lake 
  to 
  the 
  west, 
  

   so 
  that 
  sometimes 
  Red 
  river 
  water 
  is 
  seen 
  beyond 
  the 
  Texas 
  

   line."* 
  

  

  Changes 
  Due 
  to 
  the 
  Removal 
  of 
  the 
  Raft 
  

  

  Deepeyiiyig 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  channel. 
  — 
  After 
  the 
  removal 
  of 
  the 
  raft 
  

   the 
  current 
  immediately 
  commenced 
  removing 
  the 
  sediment 
  

   deposited 
  during 
  the 
  raft 
  period. 
  Attention 
  was 
  first 
  drawn 
  

   forcibly 
  to 
  the 
  erosion 
  of 
  the 
  channel 
  by 
  a 
  peculiar 
  obstruction 
  

   in 
  the 
  river 
  about 
  15 
  miles 
  above 
  Shreveport, 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  

   " 
  Dawn 
  Stumps." 
  

  

  There 
  were 
  several 
  hundred 
  of 
  these 
  standing 
  upright 
  in 
  the 
  

   bed 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  and 
  when 
  the 
  raft 
  was 
  first 
  removed, 
  boats 
  passed 
  

   over 
  them 
  without 
  difiicult5^ 
  In 
  1886 
  they 
  pojected 
  six 
  feet 
  

   above 
  the 
  surface 
  at 
  low 
  water 
  and 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  

   channel 
  were 
  cut 
  off 
  as 
  near 
  the 
  water 
  surface 
  as 
  possible. 
  The 
  

   following 
  year, 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  stage, 
  the 
  stumps, 
  that 
  had 
  been 
  

   cut, 
  projected 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  water. 
  f 
  

   They 
  were 
  finally 
  entirely 
  removed 
  with 
  high 
  explosives. 
  

  

  Maj. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Willard, 
  U. 
  S. 
  E. 
  about 
  1892, 
  succeeded 
  in 
  recov- 
  

   ering 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  benches 
  of 
  the 
  Woodruff 
  survey 
  and 
  so 
  

   determined 
  the 
  exact 
  amount 
  of 
  the 
  erosion 
  since 
  the 
  removal 
  of 
  

  

  *Ibid, 
  pp. 
  657-658. 
  

  

  f 
  J. 
  H. 
  Willard. 
  Preliminary 
  Examination 
  of 
  the 
  Lakes 
  connected 
  with 
  

   Red 
  river, 
  etc. 
  50th 
  Cong, 
  ist 
  vSess., 
  House 
  Ex. 
  Doc, 
  vol. 
  4, 
  p. 
  1490, 
  1887. 
  

   Also, 
  An. 
  Rept. 
  Chief 
  of 
  Eng. 
  for 
  1887, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  p. 
  1490, 
  1887. 
  

  

  