Sullivan, J.J. (Ferry Captain)
August 21, 2026
In 1882, the Rio Grande ferry at El Paso linked Franklin, the early settlement on the Texas side, with Paso del Norte and Ciudad Juárez, carrying freight, wagons, and passengers across a swift, deeper river before extensive irrigation reduced its flow. Capt. J. J. Sullivan, later a longtime El Paso…
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