History: Native Americans speaking the Algonquian language lived in Maryland before the arrival of Europeans. European exploration began with the Venetian John Cabot, who sailed along the Maryland coast in 1498. George Calvert (Lord Baltimore) was granted a royal charter to establish the colony of Maryland in 1634. It became one of the 13 original […]
History: Native Americans settled in Kentucky sometime before 10,000 BCE, then slowly changed from a hunter-gatherer to agricultural lifestyle. By the 16th century, there were five major culture groups living in Kentucky – Iroquoian, Sioux, Algonquian, Muskogean, and Yuchi. Although the French claimed the Kentucky area, they never settled it and lost any claim after […]
History: The early Native Americans were hunter-gatherers, but later developed agriculture, copper technology, and the mound culture. Europeans from Virginia first explored the area in 1670, then Germans from Pennsylvania settled in 1725. George Washington helped survey the area from 1748 to 1751. After the Revolutionary War, increasing settlement brought conflict with many tribes. When […]
History: After the ancestors of Native Americans arrived many thousands of years ago, they built the earliest mound complex in North America around 3500 BC. The mound culture grew and spread across much of the present-day Midwest. An initial Spanish expedition in 1528 found the mouth of the Mississippi River. French explorer Robert Caveliere de […]
History: The Native Americans in Iowa more than 13,000 years ago started as hunters and gatherers, living in a Pleistocene glacial landscape. At the time of European exploration, numerous civilized tribes were living in the area including the Oneota Dakota, Ho-Chunk, Iowa, and Otoe. Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet (French explorers) were first Europeans to […]
History: For thousands of years, Kansas was occupied a variety of Native Americans, notably the Kansa Tribe who gave their name to both the river and the state. In 1827, Americans settled Kansas with the establishment of Fort Leavenworth. After the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, both pro-and anti-slavery settlers rushed in. There was so much […]
History: It is likely that humans were present as long as 14,500 years ago in the Idaho area. The earliest European visitors were French fur trappers, which is why Idaho has so many French place and town names (like Coeur d’Alene). The first non-indigenous settlement was established on the shore of Lake Pend Oreille in […]
History: Native peoples lived in this area, as in other Midwest states, going back about 8000 years. Some of the tribes known to occupy Indiana were the Shawnee, Miami, and Illini. The first European explorer was Robert Cavelier, Sierur de la Salle. The French established an economic and military presence during the 1600 and 1700s […]
History: The Mississippian group of Native Americans lived in the Illinois area continually for about 7000 years. They built a huge urban center called Cahokia which includes Monks Mound, the largest Pre-Columbian structure north of Mexico. Later, they united as a group called the Illini, which gave the state its name. French explorers Jacques […]
History: Prior to settlement by Europeans, Georgia was inhabited by the mound building cultures of Native Americans. The colony of Georgia was founded on February 12, 1733, by James Ogelthorpe. Later it was briefly invaded by the Spanish in 1742, then was ruled directly by the king of England. Georgia was one of the original […]
