#0560 Hill Town Ferry

Title

#0560 Hill Town Ferry

Site information:

About 100 feet north of cul-de-sac at the end of Spreckels Lane, Salinas

36.631650,-121.669263

Plaque information:

Private plaque

36.631650,-121.669263

Plaque text:

Hill Town Ferry historical monument 1887 - 1889

Marked by San Jose de Guadalupe chapter, Daughters of the American Colonists 1957.

OHP description:

Operated by Hiram Cory, this was one of the first ferries to cross the Salinas River. The Monterey County Board of Supervisors regulated the toll which was, in 1877: buggy and horse, 25 cents, buggy and horses, 37-1/2 cents, four horses and wagon, 85 cents, six horses and wagon, $1, horse and saddle, 25 cents, and man on foot, 12-1/2 cents. The ferry operated until a bridge was built in 1889.

Registered 12/31/1956

Collection

Monterey County

Geolocation