A rope stretched from bank to bank provided a way for the ferryman to pull the ferry across the river while a second man controlled the rudder. “Hockanum” means hook or hook-shaped in the Algonquian language group. The river “hooks” at the point where the ferry ran.
C. O. Tucker, photographer. The Hockanum Ferry, Northampton to Hadley. Photograph. ca. 1915. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1997-08-01-0051/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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