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In 1600, the area of present-day Virginia was home to an amalgam of Native American peoples, including representatives from the Algonkian, Siouan and Iroquoian language groups.
Attracted by the abundance of fish and game, the Powhattan occupied much of the coastal area and interacted with the first white settlers.
Origins of West Virginia Place Names
... for Samuel Hardy, of Virginia Harrison for Benjamin Harrison of Virginia, father of President William Henry Harrison Jackson for President Andrew Jackson Jefferson for President Thomas Jefferson Kanawha for the Kanawha River (1) Lewis for Col.
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Origins of West Virginia Place Names
... for Samuel Hardy, of Virginia Harrison for Benjamin Harrison of Virginia, father of President William Henry Harrison Jackson for President Andrew Jackson Jefferson for President Thomas Jefferson Kanawha for the Kanawha River (1) Lewis for Col.
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Chapter 27: Singular Inhabitants of Alabama
... inhabitant of this neighborhood was Captain John Linder, a native of the Canton of Berne, in Switzerland. He resided many years in Charleston, as a British engineer and surveyor. There General McGillivray became acquainted with him, and ...
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