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Bridging Deep South Rivers The Life and Legend of Horace King

Bridging Deep South Rivers: The Life and Legend of Horace King

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Horace King (1807-1885) built covered bridges over every large river in Georgia, Alabama, and eastern Mississippi. That King, who began life as an enslaved man in Cheraw, South Carolina, received no formal trai...

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    The creator made the sea, we made the ship. She made the wind, we made the sail. He made the calm, we made oars.

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