Arizona Ferries
Black River Ferry
Boulder Dam Ferry
Bradshaw's Ferry
Cashman Landing
Gregg's Ferry
Hardyville Ferry
Hayden's Ferry
Head Rock Gate Ferry
Hite Ferry
Hoover Dam Ferry
Lee's Ferry
Morgan's Ferry
Needles Ferry
Parker Ferry
Pearce Ferry
Scanlon's Ferry
Weaver's Ferry
Yuma Ferry
Colorado Ferries
Bennett's Ferry
Bowen's Ferry
Chaves Ferry
Colona Ferry
Colonas Ferry
Conejos Ferry
Costilla Ferry
Del Norte Ferry
Ferguson's Ferry
Gordon Ferry
Gunnison River Ferry
King's Ferry
La Junta Ferry
Laporte Ferry
Marino Medina Ferry
Myer's Ferry
Palisades Ferry
Polly Pry Ferry
Provost Ferry
South Platte Ferry
Stewart's Crossing
Swallow Canyon Ferry
New Mexico Ferries
Abiquiu Ferry
Atrisco Crossing
Barelas Crossing
Beck's Ferry
Bentley's Ferry
Black Range Ferry
Bland Ferry
Buckman Crossing
Cliff Ferry
Cochiti Ferry
Engle Ferry
Farmington Ferry
Fest's Ferry
Fort Craig Ferry
Fort Selden Ferry
Gila Ferry
Hunt Ferry
Juan Chaves y Lopez Ferry
La Junta Ferry
La Mesa Ferry
LC Ferry
Los Lunas Ferry
Martin's Ferry
Mesilla Ferry
Ojo Caliente Ferry
Paraje Ferry
San Diego Ferry
San Felipe Ferry
San Ildefonso Ferry
San Marcial Ferry
Shiprock Ferry
Socorro Ferry
Utah Ferries
Albert Snow Ferry
Alhandra Ferry Crossing
Bass's Ferry
Brown's Park Ferry
Burton Ferry
El Dorado Ferry
Empey's Ferry
Green River Ferry
Hall's Crossing
Hite Ferry
Hyde Ferry
Island Park Ferry
Jarvie's Ferry
Jensen Ferry
Little Bear Ferry
Moab Ferry
Mau-be Ferry
Ouray Ferry (Green River)
Ouray Ferry (White River)
Sand Wash Ferry
Stewart Ferry
Stone's Ferry
Tijuana Crossing Ferry
California Ferries
Blythe Ferry
Needles Ferry
Nevada Ferries
Bonelli Ferry
Eldorado Ferry
Searchlight Ferry
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Organizing our ferry discoveries has given us pause. We first discussed organizing ferry operations by tributaries or distributaries of the Colorado River. That worked for about 10 minutes and then we realized there were some rivers within the Four Corner states (not the "Four Corners" area) that were neither tributaries or distributaries (i.e. The Rio Grande River) of the Colorado but contained significant ferry operations we couldn't overlook. And then, how were we to handle a ferry that operated on the Colorado River but originated in . . . say, Nevada?
We are still working a lot of this out but we have organized our research a bit, which we will ultimately present in our published work.
But for now, here is a constantly evolving list of ferry operations as we discover them. Please note that we have decided to list all operations, whether they are a newly discovered, independent ferry in a new location or simply a new owner of a ferry that was in operation at the same location. If the ferry was known by a different name, it will be listed as an separate operation. Our main determining factor is whether a ferry was a commercial operation or not. In some states, especially Utah, private ranches maintained a ferry simply to facilitate the running of ranching operations. Generally, if money was not charged to transport someone across a river, we are not including that ferry in our research.
Some ferries we have given generic names. The historical archives show there was a ferry located there but we haven't discovered the name of the ferry or the ferrymaster.