The Mill Creek Hundred History Blog

The Mermaid Tavern In the previous post, I gave a somewhat (for me, at least) brief overview of one of the Walker families in Mill Creek...

Circa 1835 Robert Walker Barn I was going to call this "The Mermaid Walkers", until I realized that it probably works better a...

Ocasson today In the recent post about John Mitchell , it was related that in 1868 the venerable Quaker purchased an even-then-historic ...

 John Mitchell, c.1870 (courtesy - Seely Family)  I had the great pleasure recently of visiting one of the oldest and most historic h...

In the last post, I laid out a possible explanation for the origin of the name "Pike Creek". Long story short (for the long versi...

A few times before, we've attempted to delve into the past and uncover the origins of a place name in Mill Creek Hundred. And I do mean ...

Smith's Corner, 1921 I've had a few topics sitting around for a while that I've thought were interesting for various reasons...

The Robinson-Murray House, 1958 Generally speaking, as far as post subjects are concerned, I usually prefer to move around as much as I ...