New Hampshire Union Leader

Looking Back: Rochester proprietors finally establish a permanent settlement

THE TOWNSHIP of Rochester in the Province of New Hampshire was chartered in May 1722. The 253 proprietors who had been granted land in Rochester were delayed in developing their properties until after ...
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Archaeologists in Albania discovered the remnants of Europe’s oldest permanent settlement, a fortified lakeside village of houses perched on stilts.

Archaeologists discovered Europe’s oldest known lakeside village in the tranquil waters of Lake Ohrid in the Balkans. Submerged off Albania’s shore near the town of Lin, this prehistoric village dates ...
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Jamestown [1607-1907] a sketch of the history and present condition of the site of the first permanent English settlement in America, by Edward Hagaman Hall

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Chagossians return home to establish permanent settlement ahead of Labour's surrender

A group of Chagos islanders has landed on the archipelago to establish a permanent settlement, more than 50 years after the population was evicted from the British colony. The landing party, four ...