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Gees Bend Ferry
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Ferry service will be restored to Gees Bend after 30 years
30 years · ferry service restoration period
Samuel Hendren, member station of WUAL
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Ferry service was terminated 35 years ago
35 years · ferry service termination
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The community is surrounded on three sides by water
3 sides · surrounding water
Samuel Hendren of member station of WUAL reports that many of the residents of the tiny community of Gees Bend, in Alabama are excited of the prospects that ferry service will be restored to their town after 30 years. The community, one of the poorest in the state, is located in an oxbow of the Alabama River, surrounded on three sides by water. Thirty-five years ago ferry service was terminated to prevent civil rights organizers from working with the residents, who are the descendents of former slaves. (s
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