From the 1840's until c1912, thousands of county rafts floated billions of board feet of timber to sawmills in Lock Haven, Williamsport and Marietta. A ring rock where rafts moored still lies along the river at the site of Lewis Miller's Hotel, which stood from 1869 to 1956. A ferry service ran here in the early 1900's, and across the river the Great Shamokin Indian Path crossed Moshannon Creek.