Ricketts

Ricketts is a ghost town in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, with roots in the lumber industry of the late nineteenth century. The settlement took shape in 1890 along Mehoopany Creek, straddling Colley Township in Sullivan County and Forkston Township in Wyoming County, when the Trexler and Turrell Lumber Company established sawmill operations there. The town carried the name of Robert Bruce Ricketts, a major landowner who held much of the surrounding timber and served as a company partner alongside Harry Clay Trexler and others.

Today Ricketts exists as a ghost town, meaning visitors will find little more than the natural setting along Mehoopany Creek where the mill community once stood. It appeals primarily to those interested in Pennsylvania's industrial heritage and to photographers drawn by the quiet, overgrown character of forgotten places. Access and on-the-ground conditions should be researched locally before visiting, as ghost town sites of this kind often lack formal infrastructure.