Dingman's Ferry

DINGMAN'S FERRY, 8.6 m. (445 alt., 250 pop.), at the confluence of Dingman's Creek and the Delaware River, a village of scattered white clapboard houses, was founded in 1735. A narrow iron toll bridge (25¢) across the Delaware has long since displaced the ferry established in 1750 by Andrew Dingman, the first settler.

The white clapboard DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH (L), of Greek Revival design, built in 1850, has a pedimented Doric portico.

Southwest of Dingman's Ferry the route winds along the base of a ridge through a resort area lacking the usual aspects of transiency; residents of near-by cities have built modest hide-aways here. The valley widens, 16.4 m., to reveal the river hemmed on both sides by huge trees; the bottom lands are checkered with small farms and dotted with cottages and boat landings.