Valley Creek defines the
Great
Valley of eastern Chester County, Pennsylvania
, United
States
. The creek is a tributary of the
Schuylkill River.
Around 1740 a forge was erected along the Valley Creek near its
confluence with the Schuylkill.
This gave
rise to the community of Valley Forge
. Later the creek powered a saw mill and
grist mill there. In 1777, the forge and mills were destroyed by
the
British Army during the
American Revolutionary War.
In
December of 1777, George
Washington chose Valley Forge as the site for the winter encampment
of the Continental
Army partly because Valley Creek and the Schuylkill River
formed natural defensive barriers for the rear of the camp.
Washington's
Headquarters
during this period was in a farmhouse close to the
confluence. The American forces departed in the spring of
1778.
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