ohio river banks?

[Anonymous]

?ohio hunters is there or was there swim beaches on ohio river banks?thanks cowbell oh.

 

[Anonymous]

Cow bell,Not being smart but any type of an opening along the river was considered a beach when I was a Kid SO put 2 and 2 together And you could say the whole river was a beach.Don't forget when kids got out of school for the summer the river was where they hung out ALL DAY.Consider how many times the the dams let water out every year and that means you are getting a steady change in what is in the ground.Another thing ask the older people if there were any HOBO camps in the area.They were the living places for the homeless and the transients back during the depression and were always active.Hobos that rode the freight trains (and there were thousands) would always stay at these camps to sleep and try to find a little work.So in realty you could say they were lodging places for people all over the US. I don't know if you ever saw a Hobo nickle,but they re- engraved a buffalo nickle(usually the front indian head to look like a Hobo)If you want to see what they look like,just do a search for hobo nickles.Some of these are worth a couple of thousand each.Hope this is a little helpful for you,and the river is a good choice.
Jim Pa

 

[Anonymous]

There was a "Gandy Camp" not far from my house along the railroad tracks. I may pay that area a visit soon.

 

[Anonymous]

Bobbie.Here is an address for the Hobo news.It carries some good hunting information on hobo camps,and pictures of their work.
www.hobonickle.com
Let me know what you think.When we were kids we would go down to the river banks and watch them cook,wash in the river,and talk with them.They never seemed like trash and were surely in my opinion not dumb.They probably just hit on hard times and tried to do the best they could in those times.And yes they would take tempoary jobs for food or money,then they would move on and different hobos would come.

 

[Anonymous]

Bob,I goofed on the address:
It is www.hobonickels.org