"The story said there was no train track crossing the Mississippi River at that time, so the train was carried across to West Baton Rouge Parish on a ferry ... real thing. Wooden pilings stand ...

an historic poled ferry across the James River between Albemarle and Buckingham counties. John Wright, who fondly recalls his days as a Venable Elementary student and Daily Progress paper boy ...

This behemoth is propelled by a wooden pole, cables and the river itself. “There are like five different currents coming through here and that is what pushes the ferry across,” explained ...