The area's industrial history is reflected in dozens of 19th-and early 20th-century manufacturing sites in the city.

The early history of Monaco is primarily concerned with the protective and strategic value of the Rock of Monaco, the area's chief geological landmark, which served first as a shelter for ancient peoples and later as a fortress.

The Rock of Monaco served as a shelter for the area's early inhabitants from the end of the Paleolithic period, approximately 300, 000 BC, evidence of which has been found in a cave in St. Judist's Gardens.

It is bounded on the north by the Rappahannock and Rapidan rivers, the independent city of Fredericksburg ( all of which were part of the area's early history ), and the counties of Stafford and Culpeper ; on the south by the North Anna River and its impoundment, Lake Anna, and by the counties of Hanover and Louisa ; on the west by Orange County and Culpeper County ; and on the east by Caroline County.

The early 19th century brought modernisation, causing much of the area's rural charm, the River Fleet and the 18th century buildings to vanish, although pockets still remain, for example Little Green Street.

One unique challenge that the team encountered early on was related to deph perception, the team remedied through the use of shadows: Every object in the game has a shadow directly below it regardless of the area's lighting.

Marlsgate, the area's best known example of a plantation family home, was constructed by the Dortch family early in the 20th century and is a popular site for weddings and receptions today.

In the early 1900s, Clarendon developed a number of industries, including lumber, staves and barrels, oars, and buttons made from the shells of the area's plentiful freshwater mussels.

What is now called Woodson was known for much of the area's early history as " Wood Hollow " in recognition of Ed Wood Sr. and his 1890 purchase of the first Black-owned plantation in Arkansas.

The city is part of the Palm Coast Metropolitan Statistical Area and is named after early resident, Alvah A. Bunnell, a shingle maker and supplier of wood to the area's fledgling rail industry.

The central retail district gradually closed down as the area's first shopping malls opened in the early 1970s, pulling business away from downtown.

However, from the Great Depression era to the early 1940s, citrus growing became unprofitable because of pests and diseases, setting the impetus for the area's transformation into a suburb.

Although the first white man may have passed through the Naubinway and Engadine area, perhaps as early as 1640, the area's recorded history did not begin until some 200 years later.

Its rapid growth during that period led its city council to fill most of the town's canals, canals dug in the area's early days when it was a prime source of peat.

Spurred by the completion of the area's first steam-powered sawmill in early 1854, the next year would bring Faribault from a sleepy settlement of 20 buildings to a bustling town with more than 250 buildings.

The town was named for the baby of one of the area's early settlers, Golden Patrie Wiggins.

Success of these gaming houses in northern Tunica County came at the expense of the area's first group of casinos in the early 1990s, located just northwest of Tunica proper, in an area known as Mhoon Landing — much of what comprises the current census designated place of North Tunica.

Although the area's diversity was represented by the more than nineteen nationalities that made their home in the Dardanelles ( a five block area of Central Avenue from 23rd Street to 27th Street ) from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century, German Americans and Dutch dominated the area.

An influx of Asian Indian immigration beginning in the early 1990s led to the area's revitalization.

He is known to have established a second home in the village ( principal home in Ogdensburg ) and assisted in some of the area's early development.

The town of Norwood was incorporated in 1881 and named after the Norwood brothers ' store, an early establishment in the Center community that housed the area's post office.

Brownsville was originally known as " Calapooya " after the area's original inhabitants, the Kalapuya Indians, or " Kirk's Ferry ", after the ferry operated across the Calapooia River by early settlers Alexander and Sarah Kirk.

Its current name comes from an early French settler, Charles Dause, who often used the phrase " La Grande " to describe the area's beauty.

In the early 19th century, Joseph Potts manufactured the area's first coffee mills out of his home.

The 1924 town council elections in Cicero became known as one of the most crooked elections in the Chicago area's long history of rigged elections, with voters threatened by thugs at polling stations.

While the ancient history of Turkmenistan is largely shrouded in mystery, its past since the arrival of Indo-European Iranian tribes around 2000 BC is often the starting point of the area's discernible history.

The area's history begins with several indigenous groups, including the Powhatan.

Whidbey Island contains Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve, the first national historic reserve in the US created by the National Park Service to preserve the rural history and culture of the island and to protect the area's rare and sensitive plants.

But around 1830, some Danes started to re-introduce the archaic term Sønderjylland to emphasize the area's history before its association with Holstein and its connection with the rest of Jutland.

The ecology of the Maluku Islands has fascinated naturalists for centuries ; Alfred Wallace's book, The Malay Archipelago was the first significant study of the area's natural history, and remains an important resource for studying Indonesian biodiversity.

Throughout the history of Chinese Empires, the area's military importance matches its commercial and agricultural significance.

This local monopoly responded to the area's increasing demand for iron and steel, and grew to play a key role in economic history throughout the area.

Many aspects of the area's mining history are depicted in exhibits at two local museums: the Mariposa History Museum, located in the town of Mariposa ; and the California Mining and Mineral Museum, located at the Mariposa Fairgrounds ( 2 miles east of Mariposa on Highway 49 ).

* Plumstead Common Environment Group-A group of local Plumstead Common residents who are concerned about the natural environment of Plumstead Common and its environs, and do a range of work to improve and preserve the area's beauty, local character and history.

Since 2010, Stoke Newington has also had its own literary festival, created to celebrate the area's literary and radical history.

The area's history is an archetypal example of inner-city regeneration and gentrification, encompassing socio-economic, cultural, political and architectural developments.

While the music from the area is often referred to as the " Muscle Shoals Sound ", all four of the Quad Cities have significantly contributed to the area's musical history.

* The Plantation Agriculture Museum, located on the Pulaski County side, displays artifacts from the area's history in large farming operations, particularly cotton cultivation.

A major development in the area's history occurred when U. S. Route 101 was rerouted through Prunedale between 1931 and 1932.

The clusters of cottonwood trees Spanish explorers saw more than 200 years ago inspired Los Alamitos ' name, but it is the sugar beet that figured most prominently in the area's later history.

Ojus Elementary School and the Ojus Branch Post Office are but two of the markers that remind visitors of the area's history.

The annual Glass Festival, held every third weekend of August, is one way in which the city tries to promote the area's history with natural gas and glass.