An undated real photo post card showing a family group around a picnic table at the west shore landing (Crow’s Landing), of the Millersburg Ferry, Buffalo Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania.
According to the Wikipedia entry for the Millersburg Ferry:
Records from 1817 and 1820 show that the ferry was operated by George Carson or Michael Crow. Crow was to have built a road from the ferry landing on the west shore in Perry County to the “Great Road”, modern U.S. Routes 11 and 15, and Carson would operate the ferry. It is not known if Carson ever took over operation of the ferry, but Crow did petition to have the road built in 1819. The 1820 tax records show that Crow was assessed for a farm, sawmill and ferry. This west shore landing became known as “Crow’s Landing”. An 1826 showed that the proprietary rights for the eastern landing were transferred from Daniel Miller to David Kramer for $60.00 (equal to $1,355.82 today).
On the back of the photo, four persons are identified as follows:
- Blanche [Miller] Haine is standing at the tree.
- Flora [Murray] Miller is in white, standing at right, with arm around young boy.
- Davis Miller and Albert Miller are seated at the picnic table, left side.
No others in the photo are identified.
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