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The region entered recorded history in the 1670s, when the first Europeans came to Indiana and claimed the territory for the Kingdom of France. After France ruled for a century (with little settlement in this area), it was defeated by Great Britain in the French and Indian War (Seven Years' War) and ceded its territory east of the Mississippi ...
Initially the availability of federal lands for purchase in central Indiana made it attractive to the new settlement; the first European Americans to permanently settle in the area arrived around 1819 or early 1820. In its early years, most of the new arrivals to Indianapolis were Europeans and Americans with European ancestry, but later the ...
(E.g. North eastern tribes such as the Iroquois engaged in seasonal migration to hunt for moose and shellfish,) Previous to any European contact, many tribes focused their economies on the exploitation of furs. The first trade between finished European goods for Indian furs began in 1641 with French Jesuit priests in Great Lake region.
Native Indians guide French explorers through Indiana, as depicted by Maurice Thompson in Stories of Indiana. In 1679, French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle was the first European to cross into Indiana after reaching present-day South Bend at the St. Joseph River. [26] He returned the following year to learn about the region.
Indiana – In 1679 the French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle was the first European to cross into Indiana after reaching present-day South Bend at the Saint Joseph River. [94] French-Canadian fur traders soon arrived, bringing blankets, jewelry, tools, whiskey and weapons to trade for skins with the Native Americans.
1827 March 1 – Warren County established by the Indiana General Assembly. 1827 November 6 – The county is divided into four townships: Mound, Pike, Warren, and Medina. 1828 March – Warrenton selected as the Warren County seat. 1828 July 8 – Warrenton platted by Luther Tillotson.
Much like Gist’s unnamed servant who was probably the first African American in Licking County. Doug Stout is the Licking County Library local history coordinator. You may contact him at 740.349 ...
The first European settlers were French, when Vincennes was founded as part of the French colony of Illinois Country, New France. Later on, it would be transferred to the colony of Louisiana . Several years later, France lost the French and Indian War (part of the Seven Years' War ), and as result ceded territory east of the Mississippi River ...