Images of America: Historic Mill Creek Park
Images of America: Historic Mill Creek Park
Images of America: Historic Mill Creek Park by Carol Potter and Rick Shale (128 pages, paperback, 6.5 x 9.25")
“Images of America: Historic Mill Creek Park” is a richly illustrated chronicle of Mill Creek Park in Youngstown, Ohio. Founded in 1891 as Ohio’s first park district, the park was envisioned by Volney Rogers as a sanctuary for the community’s well-being. This book, part of Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America series, features over 200 historical photographs that showcase the park's evolution—from its scenic gorges and waterfalls to its trails, lakes, and iconic structures. It highlights the park's enduring legacy as a cherished urban green space and a testament to visionary landscape design. See full description and details below.
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“So far as natural beauty is concerned, there is not a park in the country to compare with Mill Creek Park.” — Charles Eliot, 1891, eminent Boston landscape architect
Founded in 1891 as Ohio's first park district, Mill Creek Park encompasses a unique wealth of natural and designed features that have been the backdrop for generations of family memories, spanning three centuries. A remarkable visionary, park founder Volney Rogers argued that the land itself could improve the lives of Youngstown's residents. Through fresh air for mill-weary lungs and tree laced horizons for workroom-bound spirits, he knew a park would make the community a better place for families. And he succeeded magnificently. Rogers and the nationally known landscape architects that he hired created breathtaking vistas of Lanterman's Falls and scenic gorges and designed trails, drives, and three pleasure lakes. Other park features include nature preserves, display gardens, recreational fields, a Donald Ross-designed golf course, and a legacy of historic structures. Mill Creek Park indeed has earned its legendary claim as the most beautiful urban park in America.
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Carol Potter is development director of Mill Creek MetroParks. Rick Shale, a professor of English at Youngstown State University, serves as a park commissioner. Potter and Shale are both graduates of Ohio Wesleyan University. Proceeds from the book will be donated to the Mill Creek Park Foundation Land Conservancy Fund.
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Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of America
Publication Date: 19th October 2005
State: Ohio
Trim Size: 6.5 x 9.25 in
ISBN: 9780738539522
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
TRAVEL / Parks & Campgrounds
PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials)
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)