Tyler State Park is a day-use Pennsylvania state park on in Newtown and Northampton Townships, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Park roads, trails, and facilities are nestled within the original farm and woodland setting. Neshaminy Creek meanders through the park (no swimming), north to south. Tyler State Park is home to many different species of birds thank to the diversity of habitats, including mature forests and maintained grassland. The creek is home to water snakes, turtles, eels, and panfishes. The quieter sections of the park are home to foxes, deer, beavers, racoons, rabbits, and coyotes. Tyler State Park contains a 36-hole disc golf course, a community theater, an art center, several picnic areas, a children's playground, and many miles of hiking and walking trails. One of the main attractions in the park is the Schofield Ford Covered Bridge, originally built in 1874. The bridge burned down due to arson on October 7, 1991, but was rebuilt with raised funds and reopened on September 7, 1997. History For thousands of years, the land that is now Tyler State Park was occupied by the Lenape. The Lenape lived in small villages along the Neshaminy Creek, where they raised crops and practiced agroforestry. Tradition states that during the Treaty of Shackamaxon, possibly in 1682, William Penn began formal relations with the Lenape and afterward, land transfers to European colonists. Early in the 18th century, European colonists farmed the land. Families including the Coopers, Blakers, and Twinings built mills, houses, and barns. Neshaminy Creek supplied power for several mills, including Cooper Mill and Spring Garden Mill. The paved trails in Tyler State Park were once farm roads. Mill Dairy Trail connected Spring Garden Mill and the Thompson Dairy, and Stable Mill Trail went to the Tyler Stables. The original stone homes in the park are fine examples of early rural Pennsylvania farm dwellings. The farmhouses date from the 18th and 19th centuries and are leased as private residences in the modern time. There are currently 14 structures left from the original 21 estates. Some of the original barns, such as Buckman barn in the southeast corner, are used by the park maintenance and operations. The farmland was later purchased by Mr. George Tyler, a wealthy Philadelphia banker, and Stella Elkins Tyler, an artist, and between 1919 and 1929. Their first purchase was the Solly Farm where the Solly House served as the