History - New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)

	History of Portland, Bangor, Acadia, Bar Harbor and the Maine Coast
The first to experience this place were the prehistoric Paleo-Indians. These fur-clad hunter/gatherers came down from the frozen north tundra of what is now Canada and took up residence here.

	History of Burlington, Stowe, Rutland and the New Hampshire and Vermont Mountains
The New Hampshire-Vermont region was originally populated by indigenous peoples from the Algonquin, Iroquois, and Abenaki tribal nations. Many of the towns, rivers, and lakes in the area derive their names from old Indian words.

	History of Boston, Cape Cod, Newport, Mystic, Connecticut, Coastal Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Prehistory to Colonial History According to archeological excavations, the first humans, ancestors of the Algonquian tribes of North America, settled in coastal Massachusetts and Rhode Island about 10,000 years ago.