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 Bronze Age, the existence of artificial island settlement in Ireland is not as clear.

Prior to discovery and settlement by Europeans, Georgia was inhabited by the mound building cultures.

Prior to and immediately after European settlement, the land today comprising Lancaster and Fairfield County, Ohio was inhabited variously by the Shawnee, Iroquois, Wyandot, and other Native American tribes.

Prior to a permanent settlement being established, there was significant activity along the shore.

Prior to the European settlement of Australia, the Benalla region was populated by the Taungurong people people, an Indigenous Australian people.

Prior to human settlement, there were several million juniper trees in Bermuda.

Prior to European settlement, Groote Eylandt had been inhabited by Aboriginal people for thousands of years and there had been regular contact between local Aboriginals and Macassan traders, evident in the names of some Groote Eylandt settlements, such as Umbakumba, which can be traced back to a Macassan origin.

Prior to European exploration and settlement the Pinellas peninsula was inhabited by the Tocobaga, who built a town and large temple mound overlooking the bay in what is now Safety Harbor.

Prior to Euro-American settlement in what is today Talladega County it was the home of the Abihka tribe of the Creek Confederacy.

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

Prior to 1870, the portion of the Republican valley that now includes Harlan County was a prized hunting ground for the Native Americans ; and the threat of attack deterred white settlement in the area.

Prior to settlement the land was occupied by the Sioux tribe.

Prior to settlement by non-indigenous people, it was mostly covered with dense forests consisting of oak, beech, maple, walnut, hickory, sycamore and tulip trees.

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 settlement, the only inhabitants of the Cantwell area were nomadic Athabascan Native Alaskans who hunted and fished.

Prior to European settlement, Native American tribes, including the Quapaw and later the Cherokee Indians, lived in the area.

Prior to 1850, a Pomo settlement named Buldam was located near Mendocino on the north bank of the Big River.

Prior to European settlement, the Minquas ( or Susquehannock ) peoples lived in and around modern-day Newport.

Prior to European settlement in the 1800s Native American groups inhabited the Seminole County area, including land in present-day Casselberry.

Prior to settlement the county of DeKalb that Sycamore is contained within was populated by the Pottawatomie.

Prior to the incorporation of the Village of Grand Cane in 1899, the settlement of four families ( Thomas Abington, Israel Rogers, Wright Hobgood, and John Wagner ) influenced the development of the area around two wagon trails that intersected in the sparsely populated area known as the Grand Cane Territory.

Prior to settlement from families who originated in southern Maine, Native American settlements had existed along the Pleasant River.

Prior to the settlement of the area by English colonists, a hill east of the mouth of the Neponset River near what is now called Squantum was the seat of the ruling Massachusett sachem, or native American leader, Chickatawbut.

Prior to 1843, the settlement was often called " Thornapple ".

Prior to the 1986 – 87 season, the Lakers moved A. C. Green into the starting lineup, and acquired Mychal Thompson from the Spurs.

Prior to joining Fairchild, Dr. Thompson served as CEO of Big Bear Networks.

Prior to moving into Thompson Stadium, the Stapletons played in two temporary local parks: Stapleton Field and East Shore Oval.

Prior to the 1995 publication of A Test of Time, Thomas L. Thompson, a theologian associated with the Copenhagen School, had insisted that any attempt to write history based on a direct integration of biblical and extra-biblical sources was " not only dubious but wholly ludicrous ".

Prior to assuming the role of governor upon the appointment of Tommy Thompson as Secretary of Health and Human Services, McCallum served as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and as the 41st Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin.

Prior to the album's release, the Thompson Twins made headlines when they performed on the American leg of Live Aid in July 1985 and were joined onstage by Madonna.

Prior to the 1972 election, Thompson moved to British Columbia to teach and tried to win a seat from that province, but was defeated in the attempt.

Prior to being hired at Georgetown, Thompson was the head coach for four years at his alma mater, Princeton University.

Prior to being Mayor of Osgoode Township, Mr Thompson was a councillor for the municipality.

Prior to the decision to close the site, disagreements within DivX, Inc. on what to do with site appears to have led to the resignations of senior personnel, including co-founders Jordan Greenhall and Darrius Thompson.

Their anthologies have included songs by Maddy Prior, Richard Thompson, Frankie Armstrong, John Kirkpatrick and Martin Carthy.

Howards ' Way was created and produced by Gerard Glaister and Allan Prior with lead writer, Raymond Thompson as story and script consultant-at a point in the BBC's history, when the organisation was making a concerted populist strike against ITV in its approach to programming.

Prior to 1959, Navy played its home games at Thompson Stadium, which seated only 12, 000.

Dave Mattacks, Richard Thompson and Simon Nicol, from Fairport Convention, beside such luminaries as Lal and Mike Waterson of The Watersons and Maddy Prior, were among twenty five credited backing musicians.

Francis Baines, Phil Beer, Martin Bell, Dave Bland, Joe Broughton, Pete Bullock, Bill Caddick, Simon Care, Martin Carthy, Alan Cave, Dolly Collins, Shirley Collins, Lol Coxhill, Trevor Crozier, Barry Dransfield, Howard Evans, Trevor Foster, Eric Hine, Gillie Nicholls, Tony Hall, Sue Harris, Keith Hinchcliffe, Ashley Hutchings, Alan Lumsden, Nic Jones, John Kirkpatrick, Chris Leslie, Cathy Lesurf, Dave Mattacks, Neil Marshall, Julie Matthews, John Maxwell, Steve Migden, Doug Morter, Ken Nicol, Simon Nicol, Philip Pickett, Roger Powell, Maddy Prior, Brian Protheroe, Alan Prosser, Jean-Pierre Rasle, Ashley Reed, Tim Renwick, John Rodd, Colin Ross, Ric Sanders, Steve Saunders, John Shepherd, Martin Simpson, John Sothcott, Roger Swallow, John Tams, Graeme Taylor, Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson, Eddie Upton, Lal and Mike Waterson, Dave Whetstone, Chris While, Kellie While, Ian Whiteman, Royston Woods and Pete Zorn.

Prior to joining the BBC, Thompson worked in a bar at the Europa Hotel in Belfast, and he also managed his brother's restaurant in the West Indies.

Prior to both the ESRB's rating and the release of Bully, Jack Thompson filed a lawsuit attempting to have the game blocked from store shelves in Florida.

Prior to the Dust Bowl era, agriculture in this section of the state had relied upon sources such as Boulder Creek, St. Vrain Creek, Little Thompson River, Big Thompson River and the Cache La Poudre River, all of which are a part of the South Platte River basin and flow into the South Platte River before the South Platte reaches Greeley, Colorado.