Sentences with phrase «early settlers knew»

Cherokee Indians and early settlers knew knew Fort Wayne as the village of Willstown until it was given its current name after Major John Payne.

Cherokee Indians and early settlers knew knew Fort Wayne as the village of Willstown until it was given its current name after Major John Payne.

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Nature's storehouse of beta - carotene — a key phytonutrient known to enhance the immune system, the sweet potato provided key nutrition for Native Americans and early American settlers.

A wonderful food wine dedicated to Reuben Chapman, an early Paracombe settler known for his generosity and passionate love for the area.

Scientists want to know if this is because early settlers were replaced by ancestors of modern Native Americans, or if the differences are the result of evolutionary processes.

We know that early «Out of Africa» settlers to that area around 45,000 BC were already clearing forests in order to plant yams; and were notable boaters and fishermen.

A visually stunning film with a wonderful, almost ambient score to back it up, The New World showcases a very realistic vision of what life must have been like to early settlers in what eventually became known as America.

This is a great way to assess what students know about early settlers such as John C. Calhoun, information about the union, tariffs, imports, and more.

Consider, for example, starting a unit by showing students an image of two people or groups of people whose differences and known disagreements are likely to trigger historical or cultural assumptions (such as Native Americans and early Great Plains settlers, British and German soldiers from World War I, or police officers near a picket line of striking workers).

They always have everyone running around on glaciers, don't they know early settlers rode whales across?

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.

Both countries and the river are named for the early settlers to the area known as the Kongo people, and for the Kingdom of Kongo which controlled much of the area between about 1400 and 1914: The Republic of Congo Also known as Congo - Brazzerville or the Congo, The Republic of Congo was a former French colony which gained independence in 1960 and currently has a population of a little over four million.

Did You Know: One of Erie's early settlers chose to name it after another coal town, Erie, Pennsylvania.

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.»

Named after an early settler to the area Chesterman Beach is known as Tofino's favorite beach and is one of the sites that anchors life in Tofino.

It's well known that the earliest British settlers in Belize were adventurers, many of whom first arrived as pirates.

Best known as a refuge for Christianity before it was widely accepted, Cappadocia became home to early believers as they fled Roman persecution in the 4th century A.D. Over the next 600 years, these holy settlers would create the region's most notable landmarks, carving out their homes and churches into soft canyon walls to make so - called «fairy chimneys» while building unimaginably complex beehives of humanity.

The earliest recorded European settlers to Belize were shipwrecked British sailors, otherwise known as the «Baymen,» who first arrived in 1638.

Members of the Potawatomi Native American people, who settled along Salt Creek just south of where the city would develop, are the earliest known settlers of the Elmhurst area.