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09/14/2026

Another good photo showing Mason and his Grandson Kenneth (Hector) Hoover. Next to Mason's right hand is the winch, or the steering device, to guide the flat across the river.

09/13/2026

The photo shows Mason Hoover getting ready to cross the Susquehanna River on his flat with family members. That's Bessie holding their grandson.
A thirty-five foot pole stood on the island and one stood on the landing close to Fisher's Ferry. A cable was connected to the poles...this was fifty yards up river from the landing. A traveler with wheels moved the rope back and forth. By cranking the winch, like Mason is doing in the picture, that would angle the flat and give it direction. The flow of the water pushed on the sides of the flat and moved it across the river.

09/07/2026

The process of marking the end (historically referred to as the heel or butt) of a log before it is floated down a river to a sawmill or depot is known as log stamping or log branding. This critical step ensures that different timber companies can identify and claim their specific property once all the logs mix together in the river water.

Each sketch represents a different owner.

09/07/2026

S𝐮𝐧𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 - 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟐, 𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟗

Notice is also hereby given to the owners and others concerned that a list of sawed lumber, such as boards, planks, scantling, paling, plastering lath, roofing lath and shingles. There are about one hundred thousand feet of such lumber which came floating down the river Susquehanna, was lodged with me by George Hoover. That said George Hoover subscribed and was sworn to said list of lumber. That said lumber lodged on Hall's or Hoover's island, in Jackson township, Northumberland County, Penn'a, and was taken up by George Hoover, the lessee and occupier of said island, on the first and second days of June, 1889. The lumber thus taken up is in part of good quality and part of it not so good. This lumber bears no visible or intelligible marks.

Witness my hand and seal at my office in Jackson township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, this 26th day of June A D 1889.

GEO. DEPPEN, J. P. [L. S.]

Also, about five hundred logs more or less on Hall's or Hoover's island in Lower Augusta township taken up by George Hoover on the first and second days of June, 1889, lodged in the same manner as foregoing and composed of the same marks. Also about five thousand feet of sawed lumber on same island. All of which is taken up by George Hoover and marks lodged with me.

Witness my hand and seal this 27th day of June, 1889, in Lower Augusta township.

T. A. CAMPBELL J. P. [L. S.]

09/07/2026

A worker cut up logs likely deposited on the island by high floodwaters. This was a frequent occurrence during periods of flooding, which routinely carried timber downstream from the Northern Tier Lumber depots. When hundreds of logs accumulated on the island, the original timber owners were legally required to reclaim them within a specific timeframe; failure to do so forfeited ownership of the lumber to the island's proprietor.

Notice the Hoover's Island campers checking out the action.

08/30/2026

Island dwellers had their own school
Charles Hoover moved from Berks County to Snyder County in 1835. 'He owned and operated the largest mill in Snyder County known as Yost Mill near Middlecreek. In 1856, he sold the mill and moved to Hoovers' Island sometimes known as Hall's Island. The island consisted of 365 acres and was divided into two farms. Several years after moving on the island, Hoover leased it from the Hall Estate for 99 years.

Charles had a large family, so a main concern was how they were going to get their children to school. The county officials told Hoover if he would educate his own children they wouldn't have to pay taxes. So they made a school room in one of the rooms in the house. They hired a local teacher, Annie Whitmyer, a graduate from Loysville. Later, she married George Hoover, the eldest son of Charles, and had nine children. Another son, Ira, lived on the adjacent farm, married and had 11 children. Since there were so many children on the island, they decided to build a school. It was a small school, which consisted of four double seats, three blackboards, a teacher's desk, a potbelly stove and a bookcase. After Mason Hoover, oldest son of George Hoover, completed a six-week course in Herndon Normal School, he taught there until he got married and left the island.

Then his sister, Marguerite, and several cousins taught until the school was closed as there was only one child left on the island. There was always a Hoover teacher and Hoover pupils in the school.

08/28/2026

𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑'𝐒 𝐈𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃
Hoover's Island is high and dry and is a fine resort
Where you can have a good rest and lots of sport.
Away from your office of toil and labor,
Go with your friends or next-door neighbor.
The island is covered with grass, nice flowers and trees,
You can play all day or be busy as bees.
A fine field where you can play baseball
The boys, girls, men and all.
The Susquehanna River flows on each side.
And it's a wonderful sight at high tide.
There are eighteen cottages on this beautiful isle ,
Where you can sleep good all night and get up with a smile.
You can pitch quoits by day or night
At night with a large electric light.
It will help you to enjoy life,
With your family and your wife.
Ten days on this isle more or less
Will be worth more than all you possess.
They have Sunday schools and good talks
After which you can take fine walks.
On the finest avenue along the river,
If it's good and warm you'll, not shiver.

T. H. Lippiatt.

T. H. Lippiatt was born in Somersetshire, England, January 3, 1852. When a boy twelve years of age, the future successful merchant embarked with a widowed mother, a sister and brother, for New York in 1864, locating at Locust Gap. The following year, the family moved to Shamokin.
Mr. Lippiatt secured his first employment in the mines, continuing in that industry for the next 17 years. In 1881 he engaged in the manufacturing of picture frames, later adding photography to the growing business, the studio being located at the present site of business of C. A. Tharp & Son on Independence Street.
Successful expansion of the enterprise prompted the building of the present large quarters in 1892. while two years later the addition of furniture to the expanding business lead to the abandoning of photography. Executive ability, cordial personality and a close study oi the public's household requirements have made the firm of T. H. Lippiatt & Son one of the most prominent in the community served.

08/28/2026

𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟑, 𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟏

08/28/2026

𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐈𝐭𝐞𝐦 - 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟓, 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟗

08/28/2026

𝐇𝐨𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 - 𝐆𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐨𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝.

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