This metal sign was found by a canoeist on the river bank a few years ago. It says Beamans Ferry --1 1/2 M.. Presumably the sign was originally on River Road north of the ferry.
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The previous ferry picture was of the Beaman ferry near the Cornish border. This photo is of the northern ferry which ran from River Road (near Edgewater) to North Hartland. You can clearly see the house and barn of Riverview Farm, now owned by the Franklins and the "Hen and Chicks" rocks in the river.
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Our next meeting:
Sunday, November 13th at 2pm
Mothers’ and Daughters’ Clubhouse
Members of the Hartland Historical Society will be joining us to celebrate the major bequests that Marian Kenyon made to both of our historical societies in 2020. Marian grew up in Hartland. She married Earle Kenyon, who grew up in Plainfield, and they moved back to town in the late 1960s and lived in the house just north of our clubhouse.
Please join us at 2pm as we welcome the Hartland folks and have refreshments.
Our program will be about the two ferries that ran between Plainfield and Hartland during the 19th century. People crossed back and forth all the time for social events, business and work. The last ferry was washed away in 1905, ending the close connection between the two communities.
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Our next meeting is Sunday Oct. 23rd at 2PM at Saint Gaudens. Bob Widger will give us a personalized 45 minute tour, focusing on the Civil War monuments and the stories behind them. We will meet at the Visitor's Center. Admission is $10 but we have some America the Beautiful passes that will admit four in one car. We will carpool from the historical society at 1:30. If you are interested in carpooling, please email Jane Stephenson at janekate@aol.com.
We'll have refreshments afterwards on the porch at Aspet and people can then tour the house and grounds if they wish.
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