The stream, its water power and valley, were important to the development of Cincinnati. Then, for a time, the steep hillsides that surround it limited expansion, and gave impetus to the free growth of surrounding communities that were over that barrier. Finally, inclined railed lifts solved the problem, before trucks and automobiles eliminated it.
Pollution Problem
Over a half million people live in its drainage basin. Canalization, by the Army Corp of Engineers has added to sewage and run off problem caused by intense urbanization. Industrial plants line its banks, including Procter & Gamble, Formica, and the Ford Motor Company. Its drainage comes from over 30 governments (towns, cities, and townships), and includes five superfund sites. Studies and efforts are underway to clean it up, but little progress has been made.
MillCreek Township (or Millcreek Township) is a former township of south central Hamilton County, Ohio that was largely absorbed in the late Nineteenth Century by the annexation of suburban villages and outlying settlements by the City of Cincinnati.
The township's territory was encompassed within the Symmes Purchase, included the location of the original settlement of Cincinnati in 1787, as well as the core of Cincinnati's business district and many of its neighborhoods.
All territory in the Cincinnati city limits is considered to be in Millcreek Township though the township does not exist as a civil jurisdiction.
The Battle of Cedar Creek, or The Battle of Belle Grove, October 19, 1864, was one of the final, and most decisive, battles in the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War.
They were encamped at Cedar Creek, in parts of Frederick, Shenandoah, and Warren Counties of Virginia.
Future U.S. Senator Henry A. du Pont was awarded the Medal of Honor for his handling of an early retreat at Cedar Creek, contributing to Sheridan's ultimate victory.
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