125 years ago in 1899, transcribed as originally published in the Youngstown Vindicator:

New buildings and map of Mill Creek Park. Will be one of the finest Pleasure Resorts in the country. An attraction for all. Many points of interest that will be reached by the new line.

The Youngstown Park and Falls Street Railway Company officials were in the city Saturday and located buildings in the park to be erected at once. Work will be commenced Monday and will be rushed to completion. Surveys will be made and stakes driven and base ball will soon hold forth and merry picnickers will be present in pretty South Side Park. J. K. Ashworth, Superintendent, will return Monday and will devote his entire attention to the affairs of the road.

The Youngstown Park and Falls Street Railway Company has just had issued from the presses of the Vindicator a souvenir showing pictures of Mill Creek Park and Terminal. The following introductory appears:

Mill Creek Park and Terminal are located on the Youngstown Park and Falls Street Railway Company’s lines, three and six-tenths miles, or 15 minutes’ ride from the geographical center of Youngstown, Ohio. The park contains close to 450 acres, and its scenery is, without exaggeration, the most picturesque in the world. Mill Creek runs through the length of the park and is bounded by bluffs from 60 to 150 feet in height, covered with virgin forests of oak, hemlock, and pine, with here and there open spaces of meadows. A number of smaller streams empty into Mill Creek within the park and rushing over rocks and forming cascades, lapping high cliffs, rolling through dark forests, or skirting green meadows presents an ever varying panorama of natural beauty.

To these natural beauties should be added the delightful Lake Cohassett with its boating, the old mill, the falls, and the big dam at the lower end of the lake, and the attractions which the Youngstown Park and Falls Street Railway Company has added, such as its fine casino — capable of sheltering several thousand persons, electric merry-go-round, large toilet rooms for women and men, swings for the children, music stand, drinking fountains, tables, seats, etc. The railway company is prepared to promptly arrange for picnics and gatherings of all kinds and requests correspondence.

(Souvenir) cuts of Mill Creek Park and Terminal (include)casino, merry-go-round, music stand and views of the eddy, high bridge, old mill and falls, Lake Cohassett, Lover’s Walk, old pavilion, umbrella rocks, west drive, under the bridge, east drive, dam, and head of lake.

Compiled from the Youngstown Vindicator by Traci Manning, Mahoning Valley Historical Society curator of education.