Froman's Ferry

The ferry outlived its builder's interest by thirty years. George Froman, son of Dr. F. K. Froman of the Riverside Ferry, built a road to it and a barn for overnight travelers, and in 1888 the county set his tolls: a dollar for a wagon and one span, a quarter for a man on foot, a nickel a sheep, three cents a hog. He sold out in 1890 to Jim Wright and Jesse Harmon. Wright died in 1892, and his widow, who later remarried, worked the ferry until the bridge opened at Marsing in 1921.

What the plaque says

Froman's Ferry In 1888 George Froman built a ferry about a mile downstream from here. It operated until a bridge was built here in 1921. The ferry barge was connected by ropes to a pulley which slid along a cable spanning the river. By angling the barge into the swift current, the ferryman could make it cross the stream in either direction with no other power. Ferries of this type were a common solution to the transportation problem imposed on the pioneers by western rivers. There were several others not far upstream. 283 Text prepared by the Idaho Historical Society Marker made & installed by Idaho Transportation Department

Where it stands

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