Bolton High School - Bruin Yearbook (Alexandria, LA)

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FEDERAL GUNBOATS PASSING THROUGH BAILY DAM ON RED RIVER AT BAYOU RAPIDES ABOVE ALEXANDRIA From the earliest explorations of Red River valley, a serious obstruction to navigation during low water periods was the rapids, a rocky ledge breaking up through the bed of the river. After the defeat of the Federal forces at Mans- field ill 1864. a fleet of gunboats retreating down the river found that there was not sufficient depth of water on the rapids for the gunboats to pass down. Lieutenant-Colonel Bailv performed a remarkable feat of engineering in the construction of a dam from any material available. He completed the work in eleven days, backed up the water, and brought the fleet over “the rapids.

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The great Red River Raft was formed by the driftwood in the river gathering together to make an almost solid mass which extended completely across the river in the northwestern portion of Louisiana. Captain Henry M. Shreve, in company with Captain Woodruff of the United States Engineer’s Corps, succeeded in removing it, at a point where a settlement known as Shreve’s Landing was established, which we know today as the City of Shreveport. In like manner the faculty of Bolton High School has done all in its power to aid all the pupils through their high school careers. Every possible obstacle which might in any way interfere with their journey has been removed. The monument to the work of the faculty is Bolton High School, which has grown from a tiny school to a very large institution. 13