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(2008) Enlarge With nearly 500 wagons,
Confederate Maj. General Sterling Price’s force required a good ford to
cross the Big Blue River. Byram’s Ford was the best one for miles |
(February 2013)
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(2008) Enlarge Price’s wagon train and
about 5,000 head of cattle crossed the Big Blue River here at Byram’s
Ford. The crossing became a strategic point and a center of fighting in
the Battle of Westport |
(2008) Enlarge An important defensive
position, this strategic point overlooks Byram’s Ford crossing—a center
of fighting at the Battle of Westport |
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(2008) Enlarge Near the Byram’s Ford
crossing, this street rises up from the river in a westerly direction |
(2008) Enlarge A historical marker
depicting the movement and engagements around Byram’s Ford occurring
during the Battle of Westport, October 23, 1864 |
