Matt, you wrote:
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Well, if it was bulk trade then it would almost all be via coastal/river shipping.
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Agreed. What about the state of overland traffic between Texas and Vicksburg?
It's about 200 miles from the eastern border of Texas; portage along the Red
River may be a better bet. The Red meets the Mississippi about 50 miles NW
of Baton Rouge LA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Redrivermap1.jpg
This would make places like Denison TX or Shreveport LA important (we could move the Texas border east a bit to include Shreveport).
Coastwise shipping would make heaps of sense given the geography of Texas (navigable rivers in most of the Republic?), though it implies that New Orleans and Baton Rouge are probably back up and running...