Toll House

[Woods-walker]

Many times we tend to overlook things that are a common site. During the recent muster while we paid a visit at the Fredericksburg middle pontoon crossing, I was surprised at the attention the nearby Toll House received.
The Toll House that currently stands beside the Rappahannock river was built in 1830 and replaced an earlier Toll House built in the eaaly-mid 1700s.
The middle pontoon site was also the site of a ferry crossing before the Chatham and Falmouth bridges were constructed pre-war.

The Toll House was , of course, where you paid the Toll for your crossing using the Ferry.

I wanted to share a photo of the Toll House as Fall approaches in Virginia. The tree according to Dr Strobel is a Oriental species that attracts photographic enthusiasts.

 

[Gary Morgan]

At first, I got all excited and thought that you were talking about the Toll House in Whitman, Mass, which was where the Toll House cookie was invented. Alas, it burned down 40 years ago, but the chocolate chip/Toll House cookie is now one of the two official state cookies of Massachusetts, along with the Fig Newton. Both were invented in Massachusetts.

Toll House Inn - Wikipedia

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[Woods-walker]

At first, I got all excited and thought that you were talking about the Toll House in Whitman, Mass, which was where the Toll House cookie was invented. Alas, it burned down 40 years ago, but the chocolate chip/Toll House cookie is now one of the two official state cookies of Massachusetts, along with the Fig Newton. Both were invented in Massachusetts.

Toll House Inn - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

My sincere apologies for getting your taste buds all excited, but I hope that beautiful tree switched your thoughts to the Keebler Elf who lives in its hollow.
My "best gal" is a Bay Stater so we're familiar with Toll House and Fig Newton and you gotta luv those State Line chips!!

 

[stu613]

Cookies? Did somebody say cookies?

 

[Gary Morgan]

My sincere apologies for getting your taste buds all excited, but I hope that beautiful tree switched your thoughts to the Keebler Elf who lives in its hollow.
My "best gal" is a Bay Stater so we're familiar with Toll House and Fig Newton and you gotta luv those State Line chips!!

Even better. I had a bag of chocolate chips in the house. It's smelling really good in here now. I grew up in Brockton, but now live in the wilds of Western Massachusetts.

 

[Woods-walker]

Even better. I had a bag of chocolate chips in the house. It's smelling really good in here now. I grew up in Brockton, but now live in the wilds of Western Massachusetts.

My Best Gal is from western Mass- Palmer. She couldn't wait to get out and jumped at the first fella that came along from somewhere else—yours truly lol

 

[Gary Morgan]

My Best Gal is from western Mass- Palmer. She couldn't wait to get out and jumped at the first fella that came along from somewhere else—yours truly lol

Having taught in Palmer at one point (Old Mill Pond School), I can't say that I blame her! Southern boys have their own particular charm. My ex was from Montgomery and graduated from Jefferson Davis High School.

 

[lelliott19]

Southern boys have their own particular charm.

@Woods-walker definitely falls into that category. A true Southern gentleman.

Cookies? Did somebody say cookies?

Remember those cookies @VaMtLady brought to the Winchester muster? I still dream about those. Probably the BEST Toll-House coolie I've ever put in my mouth! Delicious!

 

[Woods-walker]

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Having taught in Palmer at one point (Old Mill Pond School), I can't say that I blame her! Southern boys have their own particular charm. My ex was from Montgomery and graduated from Jefferson Davis High School.

My gosh we know the Lasota family that lived across the street from Old Mill Point). Deb Lasota is my wife's life long best friend.

 

[Old Ranger]

At first, I got all excited and thought that you were talking about the Toll House in Whitman, Mass, which was where the Toll House cookie was invented. Alas, it burned down 40 years ago, but the chocolate chip/Toll House cookie is now one of the two official state cookies of Massachusetts, along with the Fig Newton. Both were invented in Massachusetts.

Toll House Inn - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Toll house cookies until recently were produced in a Nestle factory in Danville, VA, the last capital of the confederacy.

 

[R. Porter]

I always liked the Toll House cookies without chocolate chips best. Cookies was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the title of this thread. That tree isn't a Ginkgo is it? We had unflattering names for that particular species when I worked in an office in a townhouse on Franklin Street in Richmond, VA, due to an unpleasant characteristic of its berries. The city planted them as ornamental trees up and down various streets never considering there might be an odor problem…

 

[stu613]

I always liked the Toll House cookies without chocolate chips best. Cookies was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the title of this thread. That tree isn't a Ginkgo is it? We had unflattering names for that particular species when I worked in an office in a townhouse on Franklin Street in Richmond, VA, due to an unpleasant characteristic of its berries. The city planted them as ornamental trees up and down various streets never considering there might be an odor problem…

Maybe they thought the trees would smell like freshly baked toll house cookies!

 

[Gary Morgan]

I always liked the Toll House cookies without chocolate chips best. Cookies was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the title of this thread. That tree isn't a Ginkgo is it? We had unflattering names for that particular species when I worked in an office in a townhouse on Franklin Street in Richmond, VA, due to an unpleasant characteristic of its berries. The city planted them as ornamental trees up and down various streets never considering there might be an odor problem…

Reminds me of one of the senior classes at Amherst High's class gift to the high school. They donated a bunch of ornamental trees that flower in the Spring and then have cute little red fruits all summer. Unfortunately, when the fruits fall off and rot, they small like dead fish. Their class gift was also their senior prank.

Btw, I went to look and see if there was any Civil War history related to the toll house in Whitman, Mass. The top response was this thread, which had begun 8 hours earlier. I frequently go looking to double check things with the book that I'm working on (chemo meds make me a bit less sharp than I used to be, so I'm extra careful about double checking things). It's surprising how often the search engine/AI leads me not just to a post from CWT, but to my own posts in particular (then again, I'm probably the one most likely to post information and questions about Andersonville prison).

 

[R. Porter]

Reminds me of one of the senior classes at Amherst High's class gift to the high school. They donated a bunch of ornamental trees that flower in the Spring and then have cute little red fruits all summer. Unfortunately, when the fruits fall off and rot, they small like dead fish. Their class gift was also their senior prank.

Btw, I went to look and see if there was any Civil War history related to the toll house in Whitman, Mass. The top response was this thread, which had begun 8 hours earlier. I frequently go looking to double check things with the book that I'm working on (chemo meds make me a bit less sharp than I used to be, so I'm extra careful about double checking things). It's surprising how often the search engine/AI leads me not just to a post from CWT, but to my own posts in particular (then again, I'm probably the one most likely to post information and questions about Andersonville prison).

I didn't require chemo and I'm still a bit less sharp. One of the names we had for Ginkgoes was "pukeberry" trees. Their berries smelled like that and made you want to do that. Maybe they were the same trees that the senior class donated.

 

[Woods-walker]

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I always liked the Toll House cookies without chocolate chips best. Cookies was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the title of this thread. That tree isn't a Ginkgo is it? We had unflattering names for that particular species when I worked in an office in a townhouse on Franklin Street in Richmond, VA, due to an unpleasant characteristic of its berries. The city planted them as ornamental trees up and down various streets never considering there might be an odor problem…

Dr Strobel, a plant micro biologist, said it was not a Ginkgo but was a member of that species.
This particular tree doesn't produce berries.