Sentences with phrase «early settlers found»

Did You Know: In the late 1800s, early settlers found that the soil around Portage was ideal for growing celery, earning it the nickname «Celery City.»

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Freedom to worship the Christian God is what those early settlers and Founding Fathers were speaking of.

All five buildings display information and artifacts of Arlington Heights from as early as the 1830s, when settlers founded the village.

ATLANTA — Iceland's «woman in blue,» the partial skeleton of a young woman found in 1938 in a grave with Viking - era objects, was a child of some of the island's earliest settlers, researchers reported April 14 at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.

EARLY ICELANDER A young woman now determined to have been one of Iceland's earliest settlers was found in 1938 in a grave with various Viking - era objects, including this pair of brooches.

But no dog remains have been found in northwestern North America, where the earliest settlers crossing a land bridge from Asia would have entered the New World.

Cave divers in Mexico have found the skeleton of a teenage girl who was one of the earliest American settlers

Among his findings, Mr. Ishimura recently discovered a plein - air painting and a landscape watercolor of early California settlers that were tucked behind water pipes and long forgotten.

Much of Lindbergh's inspiration is from the contemporary chronicles known as Eirik's Saga and Graenlendinga Saga, collectively known as the Vinland Sagas, which record that in 985, Eirick Raude led 400 settlers and 25 ships from Iceland to the shores of Greenland; and the Norse myths found in the Younger Edda (compiled in the 13th century) and the earlier Poetic Edda.

In a masterful tale of mystery, magic, and madness, recently orphaned Josh finds himself in Canara, a rough - hewn village with no modern amenities, where he discovers the residents are descendants of a fugitive band of early settlers who were forced deep into the Appalachian backwoods.

Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, who later went on to found Dartmouth College, was one of the early settlers in the city.

The modern Labrador's ancestors originated on the island of Newfoundland, Canada, and emerged over time from the St. John's Water Dog, (also a founding breed of the Newfoundland dog) through breedings by early settlers in the 1600s.

They acquired their name because early European settlers in America would often find them in their barns, where they mistakenly believed the snakes to be milking their cows.

White settlers first arrived in the early 1800's when fur trading posts were founded in the area.

Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, who later went on to found Dartmouth College, was one of the early settlers in the city.

The early settlers who founded divorce mediation came from many backgrounds.

Tabby, which was used on the home's exterior, is a mixture of crushed oyster shells that dries like concrete and was often used by early settlers because its ingredients were readily found along the coast.