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In 1814 a group of 800 people moved into the Indiana Territory. They had traveled to Indiana, like many others, on flatboats down the Ohio River. This group of people had a leader named George Rapp and they settled on the banks of the Wabash River. Rapp’s intention was to start a utopian society along the Wabash.
Dec 6, 2017 · While Indiana was not settled in the same manner as the original colonies, there were many pioneering people who moved into the territory that would become the Hoosier state. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a pioneer is “one of the first to settle in a territory.”
JAMESTOWN is justifiably called "the first permanent English settlement" in the New World—a hard-won designation. As historian Alan Taylor recounts, of the first 104 colonists who landed in April 1607, only thirty-eight survived the winter.
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The members of the Bronnenberg family were the first people of European descent to settle on the land that is now Mounds State Park. They lived on and worked the land for several generations. They preserved the Adena-Hopewell mounds as well as the Federal-style brick home that still stands.
McCullough’s upcoming book, The Pioneers, focuses on five men, including Cutler, who helped build the first settlement in the region, in a town called Marietta on the banks of the Ohio River ...
The history of human activity in Indiana, a U.S. state in the Midwest, stems back to the migratory tribes of Native Americans who inhabited Indiana as early as 8000 BC. Tribes succeeded one another in dominance for several thousand years and reached their peak of development during the period of Mississippian culture.
Jun 14, 2018 · The barn at the Clemens Farmstead, where James and Sophia Clemens settled in 1818. Public domain. The image of the American pioneer, as painted by books, games, movies, and even history, rarely ...
