THE FISHERIES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER. 647 



FISHERIES. Accompanying this report is a map of the Susquehanna River from the junction 

 of the West Branch at Northumberland to Towanda, near the New Torh State line ; upon this is 

 noted the localities of the fisheries with as much accuracy as was attainable from the accounts 

 received by us. Some have probably been omitted, especially in the stretch of river from Dan- 

 ville to a point 4 miles above Bloomsburg, where we were unsuccessful in our inquiries, but with- 

 out doubt the most important on the river have been recorded by us. 



At Northumberland, or just below, was Hummel's fishery; between Northumberland and 

 Danville there were eight fisheries in order from Northumberland up, as follows: (1) Line's Island 

 lower fishery; (2) Line's Island middle fishery; (3) Smith's fishery; (4) Line's Island upper fish- 

 ery; (5) Scott's fishery; (6) Grant's fishery; (7) Carr's Island fishery; (8) Rockafeller's. The 

 next fishery of which we have a record was the fishery of Samuel Webb, located about 4 miles 

 above Bloomsburg. Above this point about 4 miles, and 6 miles below Berwick, was the fishery 

 of Benjamin Boon; the next was located just above the town of Berwick, and about a mile and a 

 half above Berwick was the Tuckahoe fishery (this last is the same as the Nescopeck fishery men- 

 tioned in Pearce's history) ; the next was at Beach Haven. Between this latter place and Nanti- 

 coke Dam there were three, viz, one at Shickshiuny, one just below the mouth of Hunlock's Creek, 

 and one called the " Dutch" fishery, on Croup's farm. Above Nanticoke there was one belonging 

 to James Stewart, about opposite Jameson Harvey's place ; one at Fish Island, and one at Steel's 

 Ferry, called the Mud fishery. The next was on Fish's Island, three-quarters of a mile below the 

 Wilkes-Barre bridge; the next was Bowman's fishery. Tinmediately below the Wilkes-Barre bridge; 

 the next was the Butler fishery, a little above the bridge ; the next was at Mill Creek, a mile 

 above the bridge; the next was the Monocacy Island fishery; the next Carey's; the next was on 

 Wintermoot Island, this last landing on the left bauk above the ferry at Beauchard's; the next was 

 at Scovel's Island, opposite Lackawanna Creek ; this and the Falling Spring fishery next above be- 

 longed to parties living in Providence, away up the Lackawanua. The next above was at Harding's, 

 in Exeter township ; the next above was at Keeler's, in Wyoming County ; the next was at Taylor's 

 (or Three Brother's) Island. This latter fishery was no doubt the one referred to by P. M. Osterhout 

 as being opposite McKune's Station on the Lehigh Valley Railroad. The next was at Hunt's ferry 

 circa, 5 miles above Tuukhannock; the next was Grist's Bar, about a mile above Meshoppen; 

 the uext was at Whitcomb's Island, a mile below Black Walnut bottom ; a half a mile above this 

 fishery was the Sterling Island fishery ; and the next above was Black Walnut, and half a mile 

 further up was the Chapin Island fishery ; the next was at the bend at Skinner's Eddy ; the next 

 was at Browntown, in Bradford County; the next was at Inghain's Island; the next was at the 

 mouth of Wyalusing Creek ; 2 miles farther up was one at Terrytown ; the next and last that we 

 have any record of was at Standing Stone, about 6 miles below Towanda. 



Thus it will be seen that between Northumberland and Towanda there were about forty per- 

 manent fisheries. 



MONEY VALUE. Our country records only go back to 1787. We spent a whole day in search- 

 ing the first volumes, in hopes that we might find some entries of transfers of fishing rights, but 

 our search was fruitless ; we have, however, found among the papers of Caleb Wright a bill of 

 sale of a half interest in a fishery between Shickshinny and Nanticoke, called the "Dutch fish- 

 ery;" the price paid was 20 "lawful money of Pennsylvania," equivalent to $53.33.* 



Jameson Harvey says that Jonathan Hunlock's interest in the Hunlock fishery was worth 

 from $500 to $600 per annum ; it was a half interest. Henry Roberts says a right in a fishery 

 was worth from $10 to $25. 



"Caleb Wright's son received 1,900 shad as his share of one night's fishing at this fishery. 



