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The Ferryman Who Collected Toll After His Own Death
The Ferryman Who Collected Toll After His Own Death
A six‑foot wooden toll booth kept collecting five‑cent payments for nearly four years after its licensed ferryman was certified dead and buried - and fourteen nickels were found under the stool. Who was the silent, heavyset man remembered by locals, and why did county records continue to accept a dead man's name without question?
In this episode, we follow the paper trail from a 2011 survey note to county ledgers, probate files, and eyewitness memory to chart how a ferry license, quarterly toll forms, and a cashbox kept a crossing alive on…
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