The Ferryman Who Collected Toll After His Own Death
The Ferryman Who Collected Toll After His Own DeathA 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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