 Solomon Creek was first settled by Native Americans around 8000 to 6000 B.C.E. A settler arrived at the confluence of the creek with the Susquehanna River by 1774 . In the 1800s , more people began arriving in the watershed to exploit its natural resources . Anthracite mining was especially prevalent in the watershed in the 19th and 20th centuries , to the point that numerous streams were altered or destroyed and the Laurel Run mine fire started . 
