Video by James Frisinger | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District | 05.18.2016
150 years ago Federal troops were garrisoned at Jefferson, Texas, site of this black powder magazine built by Confederate forces. It was part of a logistics chain during the Civil War that sent munitions by wagon from East Texas factories to the Jefferson steamboat docks. River erosion threatens to topple the structure into Big Cypress Bayou. Fort Worth District is partnering with the Historic......