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17-541: Wills Creek may refer to: Wills Creek (North Branch Potomac River) , in Pennsylvania and Maryland Wills Creek (Ohio) , a tributary of the Muskingum River Wills Creek, Ohio , an unincorporated community See also [ edit ] Little Wills Creek , a tributary of Wills Creek in Pennsylvania [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

34-627: A General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America ), also published in 1755 by Franklin and David Hall, as the first part of an unfinished work. Still cited, this work was recently noted by Marco Platania in an article in the electronic review Cromohs . The work was heavily criticised by the New York Mercury . British colonial observer Thomas Pownall , secretary to Governor Danvers Osborne of New York, stayed in

51-647: A book from Benjamin Franklin , a printer, which was the start of their friendship. Franklin encouraged his geographic and scientific research. In 1743 Evans married Martha Hoskins, a friend of Franklin's wife Deborah Read Franklin. They had a daughter Amelia before Martha died in 1754, when the girl was ten. As a surveyor, Evans traveled in the Onondaga country of the Iroquois in western New York province with Conrad Weiser , an important interpreter who had lived as

68-841: A sharp turn southward. It crosses from Pennsylvania into Maryland near Ellerslie in Allegany County, Maryland . It then runs past Corriganville and near Narrows Park before entering the North Branch Potomac River at Cumberland, Maryland . Tributaries along the initial section of Wills Creek include Laurel Run, Mountain Run, Brush Creek , Shaffers Run, and Gooseberry Run, all joining before Little Wills Creek flows into Wills Creek at Hyndman. As Wills Creek flows south, Thompson Run and Gladdens Run add their waters, Jennings Run joins at Corriganville, and Braddock Run flows into Wills Creek near Narrows Park. Wills Creek

85-463: A stretch of Wills Creek bordering the city. The project was one of the most costly public works projects in the city's history. Disastrous floods from Wills Creek had ravaged Cumberland, particularly in 1924, 1936, and 1942, and the Army Corps of Engineers designed a system that would prevent property damage caused by the high waters. It began just upstream from the bridge at U.S. Route 40 , where

102-627: A youth with the Mohawk , and botanist John Bartram . From this trip, he published a map of New York, New Jersey and Delaware. It was modified to include Pennsylvania and published as A Map of Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, and the Three Delaware Counties (1749, revised 1752). In 1751 Evans taught a class in geography and natural philosophy, as it was known, in Philadelphia, Newark, and New York. In his A General Map of

119-865: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Wills Creek (North Branch Potomac River) Wills Creek drops off the Allegheny Mountains of southeastern Somerset County, Pennsylvania , beginning on the western slope of Savage Mountain in Larimer Township . It flows into Northampton Township , passing through Mance, Philson Station, and Glencoe. Wills Creek continues into Fairhope Township , passing through Foley, Fairhope , and Williams Station on its course eastward. Wills Creek enters Bedford County, Pennsylvania , in Londonderry Township , passing through Hyndman and making

136-637: Is noted on the maps of Lewis Evans (1755) and Scull (1759, 1770), and on the map in Christopher Gist 's journal. (See Hodge, 1912) In the early twentieth century, pollution from industrial waste and household sewage was a problem, since many businesses and homes dumped their waste directly into Wills Creek in the urban area of Cumberland. In the 1950s, the city of Cumberland and the United States Army Corps of Engineers embarked upon an $ 18.5 million flood control program along

153-530: The Middle British Colonies in America (1755), Evans expanded his reach to include Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, and part of New England. He published this map in his book Geographical Essays (formally, Geographical, Historical, Philosophical and Mechanical Essays Containing an Analysis of a General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America, and the Country of the Confederate Indians, with

170-673: The areas of Bordeaux and the Médoc, from where he shipped wines to Ireland. They had five children together, among them their daughter Anna Africana Barry, who married a Swiss merchant in Livorno named Rodolfo Schintz. After Evans died in Pisa , he was buried in the Old English Cemetery, Livorno in 1781. The widow Amelia Evans Barry anonymously published a novel, Memoirs of Maria, a Persian Slave (1790), financed by subscription. She

187-460: The colonies after Osborne's death in 1753 to study conditions, hoping to gain another position. He had met Benjamin Franklin and helped finance publication of the map by Evans, as both men considered it critical during the French and Indian War . The British were having to confront French forces in the interior of the colonies. Evans's map was highly regarded and used by General Edward Braddock during

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204-580: The colony. John Evans died in 1759, and Amelia was brought up by Deborah and Benjamin Franklin. At eighteen she traveled to London for a period. Later she lived in Tunis , where she worked as a tutor to the three daughters of the British consul, James Traill and his wife. There Amelia Evans met and married in 1770 a captain of the Irish Merchant marine, David Barry. He was particularly experienced in

221-519: The corps paved the bottom of Wills Creek, constructing concrete walls along its banks, and with the building of a sophisticated pumping system to prevent the watershed from flooding during heavy rain. The work took a decade to complete and was finished in 1959. It has successfully prevented flooding ever since. 39°39′36″N 78°46′39″W  /  39.66000°N 78.77750°W  / 39.66000; -78.77750 Lewis Evans (surveyor) Lewis Evans (c. 1700 – 12 June 1756)

238-428: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wills_Creek&oldid=697821494 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

255-619: The war; Pownall received most of the public acclaim for it at the time. Evans died in New York in June 1756. His body was returned to Philadelphia, where he was buried in the noted Christ Church Burial Ground , now listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Evans's wife had died in 1754. He entrusted care of their daughter Amelia ( Philadelphia , 1744 – Hythe, Southampton, 1835) to his brother John, who had followed him to

272-582: Was a Welsh surveyor and geographer . He had a brother John. In the mid-1730s he emigrated to British America , where he was based in Philadelphia. He was well known for his 1755 map of the Middle British Colonies. Lewis Evans was born in Caernarfonshire , Wales . He travelled to the British colonies in North America , where he settled in Philadelphia by the mid-1730s. In 1736 he bought

289-565: Was named after Will's Town , a former settlement of the Shawnee Indians at the site of Cumberland, Maryland. After the Shawnee deserted this region, an Indian named Will lived a short distance from the site of the old Shawnee town at the mouth of Caiuctucuc Cr. At the time of the coming of the first white settlers he was living in a cabin on the mountain side. The creek, mountain, and town were afterward named for him. "Will's creek"

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