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Ferryman Jay Myers - digital collection

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Photos of the ferryman Jay Myers, sometimes misspelled Meyers, in his duties as the Saugatuck ferryman or about town.
JayMyersIce.jpg 741mb
hmbJayMyers.jpg 707KB; Jay Myers, ferryman ca 1920 hmbMyersPortraitTu.jpg 1.9mb; This image was featured as History Mystery #35 with the solution: D. Myers, ferryman for 21 years. He was so loved that after his death in 1928, he was honored with a stone bench at the west side ferry landing. Myers WIP.jpg 4.2mb 89-1-144A Jay D. Meyers 918; Name should be spelled Jay Myers JayMyersFerryCa1910 BBAug0110-JayMeyersMemorial 89-1-144_B_Jay_D._Meyers BBAug0052-InMemoryOfJayMyers Jay Myers 1925 cr1954010101JayMyersPhoto cr1928092101Myers.jpg 182KB Jay & Doc - Ferry Shack; Doc Heath. Copy located in Chain Ferry box JayMeyersOnFerry.jpg 1.9MB; Dagget, Arends, Jay Meyers [sic] Vrielund or Vrieland, Ross Phelps JayMyersYoung.jpg 2.3MB Jay Myers ca 1924.jpg 499MB; From Greg Hoffman album hmbJayMyersIce.jpg 1.4MB JayMyersBirdRowing.jpg 1.4MB; Photo labeled Charles E Bird rowing, Jay Myers, and not identified BirdRowingJayMeyers.jpg 2.5MB

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Myers, Jay D. 1856-1928Chain Ferry LandingsOld Chain Ferry Scows c1836-1947

Jay Myers, born 1854 in New York, came west by 1870. Jay was a lumberman, mechanic, farmer and character with a twinkle in his eye. Most of all, he was the beloved ferryman from 1907 to 1927.

1850 Chain ferries and landings/storesTransportation: waterPixels only

Winthers, Sally

2021.88

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12/01/2021

08/24/2025