Prior to the admission of Missouri to statehood in 1821, several new migrations altered the religious composition of the future county.

Prior to 1821, the Creeks and a few trappers and traders were the only residents of this area.

Prior to 1821, the village was known as Willimantic Falls, home to about twenty families and a single school district.

Prior to the building ’ s use as a museum, it was the site of the first official government press in the state, founded in 1821.

Prior and during the early days of the Greek War of Independence ( 1821 – 1829 ), a large variety of flags was designed, proposed and used by various Greek intellectuals in Western Europe, local leaders, chieftains and regional councils.

Prior to his death in 1821 he had leased Cuba Court to the Army Medical Board on a 61-year lease.

Prior to its proclamation as a British settlement in 1836, the area around Adelaide was inhabited by the indigenous Kaurna Aboriginal nation ( pronounced " Garner " or " Gowna ").

Prior to the separation of the colony of Victoria from New South Wales in 1951, the area was called the Port Phillip District of New South Wales.

Prior to entry to high voltage area, terminal components must be grounded using a grounding stick.

Prior to the 19th century, the area which became Mali was criscrossed by trade and communication links, the most important being the Niger River, and important southern terminals of the Trans-Saharan trade routes.

Prior to this contact, the inhabitants of the area were primarily animists living in small autonomous communities.

Prior to addressing the nation, President Clinton wanted to ground all planes in the Oklahoma City area to prevent the bombers from escaping by air, but decided against it.

Prior to the Omride period the site appears to have been the center of an extensive wine and oil production area, which may have accounted for its choice as the new capital.

Prior to withdrawing from the area in 1971, Britain delineated the internal borders among the seven emirates in order to preempt territorial disputes that might hamper formation of the federation.

Prior to its inclusion within the fenced compound that now includes the Old Executive Office Building to the west and the Treasury Building to the east, this sidewalk served as a queuing area for the daily public tours of the White House.

Prior to this, the site was in an unincorporated area of Alameda County.

Prior to the Central District being created in 1975 the area had historically been called Clackmannanshire and there was strong pressure to resurrect this title rather than hold to the rather bland title of " Central Region ".

Prior to 1900, the area occupied by what would become the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster had been administered by five separate local bodies: the Vestry of St George Hanover Square, the Vestry of St Martin in the Fields, Strand District Board of Works, Westminster District Board of Works and the Vestry of Westminster St James.

Prior to independence, " Harare " was the name of the Black residential area now known as Mbare.

Prior to the arrival of the missionaries, some 550 natives were scattered throughout the local area ; by 1790, the number of converted Christians had grown to 700, and just six years later nearly 1, 000 " neophytes " ( recent converts ) lived in or around the Mission compound.

Prior to joining the Our Gang comedies, " Sonny ," as he was called by his family, modeled children's clothing for a Dallas department store and was also seen around the Dallas area on highway billboards and in print advertisements for Wonder Bread.

Prior to European contact, the area was inhabited by the Mocama, a Timucuan-speaking group who lived throughout the coastal areas of northern Florida.

Prior to that the area was an unincorporated portion of Los Angeles County.

Prior to the creation of the department, the area was not a natural unit, but much of it was commercially prosperous thanks to traditional industries such as salt and cognac production.

Prior to that time, the area was inhabited for thousands of years by varying cultures of the hunter-gatherer groups of indigenous peoples during the late Woodland Period and earlier.

Prior to the Europeans ' arrival to the area, it was inhabited by numerous Native American tribes, with the Cowlitz tribe being the largest.

Prior to the arrival of foreign settlers, the area that would later become Kimble County was inhabited by several Native American groups, including the Comanche, Kiowa, Kiowa Apache, and Lipan Apache.

Prior to Anglo settlement, the area was inhabited by the Karankawa Indians.

Prior to the encroachment of white settlers in present day Sevier County in the mid-18th century, the area had been inhabited for as many as 20, 000 years by nomadic and semi-nomadic Native Americans.

Prior to its formal founding, the area was the site of several American Revolutionary War battles: Williams ' Plantation, Dec. 31, 1780 ; Mud Lick, March 2, 1781 ; and Bush River, May 1781.

Prior to 1871 the government of the United States regularly entered into treaties with Americans of the United States but the Indian Appropriations Act of March 3, 1871 ( ch.

Prior to this, karaoke music was carried on laserdiscs. A large number of CD Movies sell in Indian market.

Prior to Spanish conquest, the Mora area was Indian country.

The Shakopee-Mdewakanton Indian Reservation is located entirely within the county and within the cities of Prior Lake and Shakopee.

Prior to its settlement by European and / or African people, on the site of this town was the Creek Indian village called " Tumkeehatchee ".

Prior to the arrival of European settlers in North America, Native American settlements appear to have been limited to the area north of the Indian River, north of what is now Bethany Beach ; even after Europeans pushed the Native Americans — mostly Nanticokes -- out of their coastal settlements in the mid-17th century, the Native Americans moved west to settle around Oak Orchard, Delaware, and in the Millsboro, Delaware, area rather than south toward what would become Bethany Beach.

Prior to their exile to Oklahoma, Indian leader Baptiste Peoria gave this area to the Paola Town Company ( of which he was a member ) as a treaty of peace.

Horses baling straw circa 1900. The Dakota nation ceded land in 1851 and many relocated to Chief Shakopee's village — the current Shakopee-Mdewakanton Indian Reservation in nearby Prior Lake.

Prior to being renamed as Creech Air Force Base in 2005, the field was known as Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Air Field.

Prior to its incorporation in 1840, the area was settled ca 1810 and known as the Territory of Indian Stream.

Prior to European-American settlement, a major Cayuga Indian village, Chonodote, stood near the present-day site of Aurora village.

Prior to becoming a village, the area that constitutes modern day Brockport was primarily occupied by the Muoio Indian tribe ( A branch of the Seneca ).

Prior to the French and Indian War, a French trading post and block house was located on the site of the future village.

Prior to 1970, Indian Hill was incorporated as a village, but under Ohio law became designated as a city once its population was verified as exceeding 5, 000.

Prior to establishment of its post office with the name “ Rattan ”, the area was called Sulphur Springs, Indian Territory.

Prior to 1758, the French and Indian War had gone very poorly for the British, whose military met few of its objectives.

Prior to the establishment of the United States title to Indian lands in lands controlled by Britain in North America was governed by The Royal Proclamation of October 7, 1763.

Prior to leaving office, Foster quarreled with fellow Republican Representative David Vitter over expanded gambling on Indian reservations.

Prior to 1950, the responsibilities of the original Citizenship and Immigration portfolio were largely within the post of Minister of Reconstruction and Supply, with the Indian Affairs branch the responsibility of the Minister of Mines and Resources.

Prior to becoming a general authority, he was the United States Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs.

Prior to the reorganization of the British and Indian forces in Mesopotamia, it was designated as the Tigris Corps.

Prior to the 20th century, Lake Istokpoga was connected to the Kissimee River by Istokpoga Creek, but during the rainy season Lake Istokpoga overflowed, with the water flowing in a 40 km wide sheet across the Indian Prairie into Lake Okeechobee.

Prior to his return to India, Ali Khan rose to prominence and was also the influential member of the Muslim League led under Mohammad Ali Jinnah, advocating and determining to eradicate the injustices and ill treatment meted out to the Indian Muslims by the British government, and rose as the influential and later was one of the principle Founding Fathers of Pakistan.

Prior to departing with that performance, he was present at the American Indian Congress in Omaha, Nebraska, where all his known photographs were taken.