Sentences with phrase «early settlers referred»

Early settlers referred to the area as Elk Creek, but in 1846, a cannon from the shipwrecked USS Shark washed ashore near present day Arch Cape and many began to refer to the area as Cannon Beach.

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Interestingly, the entire low - lying area often referred to as Hout Bay was where early Dutch settlers depended on to get their lumber (using slaves of course), since little rainfall fell on the other side of the mountains where they had settled.

Oklahoma is historically referred to as the «Sooner» state, and history books depict early life in Oklahoma as a series of wagon trains filled with migrating American settlers making their way across unknown territory and fighting back tribes of Native Americans living in what is now the state.