a.k.a. Anderson's Ferry

 

Seen from the Ohio Side
Note hillside signs

 

 

Boone No. 5

 

     

Kottmyer's Ferry,  a.k.a.  Anderson's Ferry
Boone No. 5

 

Boone No. 6, carrying a crowd

 

Anderson Ferry

 

Constance Ferry

George Anderson bought the ferry in 1817; George Kottmeyer bought it in 1865.  Kottmeyer is the man that started naming boats Boone Number x.  The boats aren't named for the county, but rather the man for whom the county was named - Daniel Boone.

 

Boone No. 5
Anderson Ferry in the Ice, 1918

 

 

Boone No. 6

 

   

Boone No. 7

 

Anderson Ferry a Dusk

 

Oliver Kottmeyer

The ferry's web site, with lots of nice contemporary images, is here.

Constance Ferry Rates, 2/17/1904, here.

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