Re: [DL] The Deep South

[<vonweitzel@bellsouth.net>]

The Red River is and was navigable.  During the civil war the Confederacy
had both a naval yard and built submarines in Shreveport, LA on the Red
River.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Gwyn" <dgwyn@colba.net>
To: <deadlands@gamerz.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 7:03 PM
Subject: Re: [DL] The Deep South


> Hi,
>     Several observations on this thread:
>     The CSA had a navy so given the importance of rivers to the South as
> means of transportation, it is likely the job of keeping them open fell to
> the "CSN."  That last is slightly scary for me as the initials are the
same
> a large labour union here in Quebec.
>     As a suggestion to anyone doing an "Apocalypse Now" adventure (not Dr.
> Strangelove even though Kubrick was the director for both) I think a
> Southern "guerrilla" group (perhaps even Jesse James' or Quantril's)
> operating in either Missouri or the Coyote Confederacy might be an
> "interesting" choice.  Rivers of choice might be the Missouri or the Red
> River (although I have no idea if the latter is or was navigable.  Hey,
I'm
> a Canuck after all.)
>     With regards to a Ranger with a friend in a railroad, it might just be
> useful for him or her to have an inside contact in Bayou Vermillion or
Black
> River so he or she can get the lowdown on the latest nefarious plot.  I
> won't use that contact to get railroad tickets or advertise my ranger
> connection too openly when near the contact, but that person might be
useful
> in finding things to "shoot or recruit."
>           Daniel Gwyn
> "The discrepancy between faith and the facts is
> greater than is generally assumed."
> From "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" by Thornton Wilder
>
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