Shermans Creek and all other waterways played major roles in the
settling of Perry County.
The creeks and streams not only provided fresh water and
fish, but also provided power to run mills.
Prior to 1750 the area was populated by Indians that traveled by
ancient trails and lived off the natural bounty of the land.
By 1850 the white settlers transformed dense forest into farm
land and a network of roads and bridges that linked all the
communities in the region.
This is the historical record of that transformation from 1750 to
1850 in a four-mile stretch of the Shermans Creek in Carroll,
Wheatfield and Penn Townships.
From Indian attacks to an industrial complex,
Life Along the Shermans explains how the life of the settlers
changed and how a wilderness was forged into Perry County.