A Pictorial History of Texas, From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1879. Page: 63 of 859
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NAVIGABLE RIVERS.
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called it Brazos de Dios (Arm of God). Lasalle called it
the River of Canes, from the quantity of cane upon its
bank. It flows into Matagorda bay.
The Navidad was called by Lasalle Prince's River, and
its confluent, River of Beeves (Lavaca, or Cow), is navigable
thirty miles to Texana. It empties through Lavaca
bay into Matagorda bay. Pass Cavallo is the outlet of
Matagorda bay, and has a depth on the bar of from eight
to eleven feet. Bellin's map, in 1750, gives eighteen feet
on the bar, up to Dog Island.
The Guadalupe river is shallow at its mouth, where it
enters Espiritu Santo bay. It has been navigated seventy
miles to Victoria. In old maps this bears the name of
its principal affluent, the San Marcos. Its principal
western branch is the San Antonio, which is sometimes
called the Medina, one of its tributaries.
The Nueces (Nuts) river is navigable for small vessels
up to the neighborhood of San Patricio. Aransas Pass
has a depth of from six to ten feet. In 1874 the Corpus
Christi ship channel was opened, permitting steam-ships
to reach the wharf at Corpus Christi.
The Rio Grande, which forms the boundary between
Texas and Mexico, is navigable 500 miles to Comargo.
This stream has three names. At Santa Fe it is called
the Del Norte; and at Reinosa the Rio Bravo. There is
a depth of from four to five feet at its mouth; but the
principal shipping point is through the pass at Brazos St.
Jago, which has a depth of from six to nine feet.
The following estimate, made by a competent engineer,
shows with what ease and at how small a cost inland
communication might be opened along the entire coast of
Texas:
From Rio Grande river into waters connected with
Point Isabel, one mile solid digging; from thence through
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Thrall, Homer S., 1819-1894. A Pictorial History of Texas, From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1879., book, 1879; St. Louis, Missouri. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5828/m1/63/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .