History - Mid Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, OH, ON, PA, VA, WV)

History of Long Island, the Hamptons, Montauk, Fire Island Thirteen native American tribes belonging to the Algonquian language group were the first inhabitants of the island they called Paumonock, meaning fish-shaped island. History of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and New York City Native Americans were the first inhabitants of the area to be known as New York City (NYC). They named it, with a prophetic air, Manahactanienk (place of general inebriation). History of Woodstock, Cooperstown, New Paltz, Catskills and Hudson Valley Before the Europeans arrived, the Catskills and the Hudson Valley region was inhabited by the Mohicans. This Native American tribe was more peaceful than the Mohawks, who over the next century, along with the ascending Europeans, forced the Mohicans out of the region. History of Lake Placid, Lake George, Saratoga Springs, Adirondacks and Northern New York History of Toronto, Niagara Falls, Finger Lakes in Western New York and South Central Ontario The individual histories of western New York and the Finger Lakes, Niagara Falls, and Toronto, are both unique and interesting in their own right. Western New York and the Finger Lakes While the first Native Americans in this area were the Algonquians, they were replaced by the Iroquois around 1300 AD. History of Atlantic City, Wildwood, Cape May, New Jersey Shore The Jersey Shore's colorful past is best explored by looking at the histories of the region's most popular resort towns: Atlantic City and Cape May. History of Philadelphia, Lancaster, the Poconos, Eastern Pennsylvania Before the arrival of European explorers, eastern Pennsylvania was home to many Native American tribes, such as the Iroquois and Algonquian tribes who lived and migrated along the region's natural trails. History of Washington D.C, Annapolis, Gettysburg, Alexandria, Virginia and Baltimore, Maryland With an act of Congress in 1790, the District of Columbia was carved out of parts of Maryland and Virginia, and chosen as the site of the U.S. History of Richmond, Jamestown, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg, North Carolina's Outer Banks The Assateague tribes were the first peoples of the Delmarva Peninsula, living along the coast from the Indian River Inlet, in Delaware, to Cape Charles, in Virginia. History of Pittsburgh and Southwestern Pennsylvania It is believed that the Iroquois were southern Pennsylvania's first modern inhabitants until French explorers arrived in 1749, setting their sights on the triangle of land located at the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River.