Valley Girl Views: Where The Ferries Crossed - Ferry Boats On The Susquehanna

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Where The Ferries Crossed - Ferry Boats On The Susquehanna

Where The Ferry Boats Ran On the Susquehanna River

Note - This is an VERY incomplete post - just a spot for me to dump all the ferry references I find, for now.

The Ferry At Bloomsburg

https://susquehannavalley.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-bloomsburg-ferry.html

The Ferry At Danville

Capt. Jacob Gearhart established a ferry from Riverside to Danville in 1791. Gearhart has a home on a hill over looking the river, and in 1949 the ferry house and tavern were still standing.

Daniel Montgomery laid out Danville in 1792, at which time ferry rights were given to both Montgomery and Gearhart.

The Ferry At The Riverside Landing - silk mill shown across the river

Between 1904 & 1905, The Ferry was the only way to cross the river between Danville and Riverside. An ice flood in 1904 destroyed the Covered Bridge, the new iron bridge was not completed until 1905.

The Ferry At Lewisburg
Ellinckhuysen's at Lewisburg
The bridge was washed out in the flood of 1865 and the company immediately established a ferry until October 19 1868

The Ferry At Milton
Hulings At Milton

The Ferry Crossing at Milton was located near what is today Boone's Campground (this area was once also Riverside Amusement Park, the park the trolley built)

https://susquehannavalley.blogspot.com/2022/03/when-milton-had-ferry.html

George Henry Aunkst, Ferry Boat at Montgomery, 1917

The Ferry At Montgomery

https://susquehannavalley.blogspot.com/2022/05/when-montomgery-had-ferry.html

1871 Map showing the Ferry At Montgomery

Port Trevorton To Herndon

The Ferry At Selinsgrove
Fishers Ferry, from the Island of Que to the east side of Sunbury, was opened by Adam Fisher in 1791

May 17 1897 — Geo. M. Lumbard [My Ancestor] leases the Masser Estate Ferry to carry passengers from the Junction to town in the absence of the N. C. R. connection formerly made by the "Shifter."