Description of Port Kenyon. The Continental Wharf is used as a point of shipment for C.C. Dennis Mill situated about 1&1/2 miles downstream. The Salt River peaked on Jan. 27th. The water level was within 2' feet of the top of the Continental Wharf. Old time settlers said the level in 1862 was 2' feet higher than it was on the 27th. The water 7' feet deep on Niggerhead Prairie. The pontoon bridge on Salt RIver was unfastened before the flood and moored securely to the bank. The water in Francis Creek & Williams Creek surrounds the house of Marris B. Tay and Ira Burgett.