That's why they call it ‘Mill Creek'

In 1825, a treaty between the United States and the Shawnee tribe moved the Shawnee Indians from their homes in Missouri and Ohio to Johnson County .

As an incentive to relocate, the government built a saw and grain mill here in 1836. In early 1844 floods destroyed the mill, washing it downstream, and it was never rebuilt.

Citizens may view the areas of the grist and saw mills and dam from the asphalt walkway at the Wilder Access Point parking site. This walkway is part of the Gary L. Haller Trail, which lies within the county's Mill Creek Streamway Park . Wilder Access Point is at the end of 47th Street , about 2-2.5 miles east of K-7 Highway .