Hopewell Valley is home to many bridges, but how did people get around before they were built? Early colonists may have been able to wade their horses across our many streams but imagine no Scudder Falls or Washington Crossing Bridge! Pennsylvania was just an aspiration to many before ferries were established every couple of miles along the Delaware. Who ran those operations and how did it work when you wanted to visit your cousin in Yardley? Or buy goods in Philadelphia? Or defeat the British?

Join historian and author Stan Saperstein as he explains early ferry operations and how important they were both to regular people and to General Washington in winning the Revolutionary War. Co-sponsored by the Hopewell Valley Historical Society, the Hopewell Museum, and the Washington Crossing Park Association.

Attend the event in person at the Washington Crossing State Park Visitors Center Museum, 355 Washington Crossing Pennington Road (Route 546), Titusville, NJ 08560. You are welcome to also visit the Museum, which will be open from 9 am to 4 pm.

Register to attend online via Zoom: Ferries: A Lifeline for Colonial Hopewell Valley Travelers

​Directions to the Museum:

The Park entrance can be found across the street from 442 Washington Crossing Pennington Road. Turn into the entrance and go past the kiosk. Follow the signs to turn left onto Greene Drive/Brick Yard Road, and then turn left into the parking lot. Handicapped parking can be reached by driving through the parking lot and turning right, then down a dirt road until you reach the other side of the building.