books.google.com - Beginning in the 1700s, water from the Tookany Creek powered mills throughout what became Cheltenham Township. Following the coming of the railroad in 1855 and the end of the Civil War, many of the wealthy in Philadelphia moved to the area to establish summer homes and, later, permanent residences. Home...http://books.google.com/books/about/Cheltenham_Township.html?id=JtJWadNYHO0C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareCheltenham Township
