Row 1 (left to right): Hatton Ferry sign giving brief history of James Brown's ownership of the ferry beginning in the 1870s; Julie Schiff and
Lauren Turek, Scottsville Museum's summer interns from UVA's Institute For Public History, ride the ferry on 15 June 2009.
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Row 2 (left to right): Harold Pillar, father of Hatton's current ferryman, prepares to raise the gangplank behind this car for the ride across
the James River; Ashley Pillar, Hatton's ferryman, cranks the ferry's cable to move it out into the main river channel.
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Row 3 (left to right): Mary Prater of Scottsville, VA, rides the
ferry with her grandchildren and friend; the Hatton ferryman's shelter on the Albemarle Co. side of the James River; Harold Pillar and young passenger practice poling the Hatton ferry into the main river
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