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The settlement of Altoona began in 1881 when the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway selected the site for a new terminal to replace the overcrowded existing terminal in Eau Claire.
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Altoona was either named after Thomas Jefferson Hinson's hometown of Allatoona, Georgia, or after Altoona, Pennsylvania, which was the hometown of Augustus Gottschee, the first merchant in this settlement.
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Further industrialisation then followed in the late eighteenth century and local landowners began building mansions in the area on the outskirts of the settlement where their mills were located while their employees lived in overcrowded unsanitary conditions in the centre.
Peace efforts began in Paris in 1989 under the State of Cambodia, culminating two years later in October 1991 in a comprehensive peace settlement.
Following several unsuccessful attempts, permanent settlement of the islands began in the 1730s.
Following the northerly retreat of glaciers at the end of the Wisconsin glaciation over ten thousand years ago, human settlement by Native Americans or First Nations began in the Maritimes with Paleo-Indians during the Early Period, ending around six thousand years ago.
The Foundation closed its doors, causing the proceedings to be vacated, but its creditors began to demand settlement of its outstanding debts.
Benton, intending to challenge Atchison in 1854, began to agitate for territorial organization of the area west of Missouri ( now the states of Kansas and Nebraska ) so it could be opened to settlement.
Pomesania was not secured, however, and from 1240-1242 the order began building a brick castle on the south side of the settlement, where archaeologists now believe Truso had been.
Colonisation began in 1603, when the Portuguese Pero Coelho de Souza constructed the Fort of São Tiago and founded the settlement of Nova Lisboa ( New Lisbon ).
In 1908 the Zionist Organisation set up the Palestine Bureau ( also known as the " Eretz Israel Office ") in Jaffa and began to adopt a systematic Jewish settlement policy in Palestine.
Preliminary talks to set up conditions for official negotiations began between leading negotiators from both parties on July 10, and on July 22, the three party leaders met for the first time in Harare to express their support for a negotiated settlement of disputes arising out of the presidential and parliamentary elections.
Viking raids began on Scottish shores towards the end of the 8th century and the Hebrides came under Norse control and settlement during the ensuing decades, especially following the success of Harald Fairhair at the Battle of Hafrsfjord in 872.
As the new settlement in Indiana grew, it also began to attract new arrivals, including emigrants from Germany, who expected the Harmonists to pay for their passage to America.
The Sumerian civilization spanned over 3000 years and began with the first settlement of Eridu in the Ubaid period ( mid-6th millennium BC ) through the Uruk period ( 4th millennium BC ) and the Early Dynastic periods ( 3rd millennium BC ) until the rise of Assyria and Babylonia in the late 3rd and early 2nd millennium BC respectively.
Simcoe began construction of two main routes through Ontario to aid in the defence of Upper Canada ; they would also help encourage settlement and trade throughout the province.
Permanent, non-military European settlement began during the American Revolution.
The settlement did not go smoothly, and when Roman officials mishandled the situation, the Ostrogoths began to raid and plunder Thracia.
Pre-colonial records show that Macau totalled only but began to increase as a result of Portuguese settlement.
As successful English settlement of North America began to take place in 1607 in the face of the hostile intentions of the powerful Spanish, and of the native populations, it became immediately necessary to raise militia amongst the settlers.
Litigation began between New York City and the Jets over the issue, and in the lawsuit's settlement, the city agreed to allow the Jets to play two September home games a season at Shea beginning in 1978 for the remaining six years in the Jets ' lease.
Norse settlement in the islands probably began in the early 9th century.
Official settlement began on 28 December 1836, when the colony was proclaimed at The Old Gum Tree by Governor John Hindmarsh.
It is possible that Saxon settlement of Great Britain began only in response to expanding Frankish control of the Channel coast.
Although Spanish settlement began in the sixteenth century, the population in 1783 was less than three thousand, the majority being Amerindians.
In the early 17th century, large-scale settlement by Protestant settlers from both Scotland and England began, especially in the province of Ulster, seeing the displacement of many of the native Roman Catholic Irish inhabitants of this part of Ireland.
Near the end of Charlemagne's reign ( and throughout the reigns of his sons and grandsons ), a string of Norse raids began, culminating in a gradual Scandinavian conquest and settlement of the region now known as Normandy.
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In the 1950s Chilean military founded Puerto Williams to counter Ushuaia's monopoly as the only settlement in the Beagle Channel, a zone where Argentina disputed the 1881 borders.
With the increasing prosperity of the country, the population numbered 10, 436 in 1881, while improvements that were made kept pace with the settlement.
The settlement was platted in the 1870s by Joseph P. Covey, who relocated to Southwest City, Missouri, in the year 1881.
In 1881 the Texas and St. Louis Railroad laid out the town of Rector about two miles to the south of an existing settlement named Scatterville, and the population of Scatterville gradually migrated to the new and booming town.
The entire settlement, consisting of 21 buildings, was destroyed by the Thumb Fire in September 1881.
In 1881 this settlement was incorporated as " Carlton ".
A railroad arrived in the relocated settlement in 1881.
" Two years following the arrival of the railroad, the settlement was incorporated as a village on August 26, 1881 after accumulating a population of 200 citizens.
A post office was established in 1881, and the settlement was named DeSoto in honor of Thomas Hernando DeSoto Stewart, a doctor dedicated to the community.
The Texas and Pacific Railway came through the area in 1881, which spurred a settlement.
Completion of the Northern Pacific Railway in 1881 brought major settlement to the Spokane area.
By 1881, the Northern Pacific Railway was completed, bringing major European settlement to the area.
Owasso began as a settlement in 1881, located in the Cooweescoowee District of the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, near what is now 66 th Street North and North 129th East Ave.
In 1881, Brooks had donated of land " for sale and settlement as a town ", and by 1884 the growing community changed its name to Evant in Brooks ' honor.
It has been shown, however, that it was recognised as a settlement in the 1881 census, when it had a total of 28 residents.
Between 1851 and 1881, Russia occupied the Ili valley in Xinjiang, and continued to negotiate with the Qing for trading and settlement rights for Russians.
In January 1881 Bryce resigned as Native Minister, angry at the lack of government support for his plans to invade Parihaka and close the settlement.
) Flooding and a lateral shift of the river channel in 1881 cut off the old settlement from the mainland of Illinois and destroyed some of the village and its archaeology.
From St. Meinrad Archabbey, St. Meinrad, Indiana, which was the first settlement, daughter-houses were founded and in 1881 these were formed into the Swiss-American Congregation, which in 2004 comprised 15 monasteries from Canada in the north down to Guatemala, 10 of which were directly founded from Einsiedeln.
The area around Gando was opened up to settlement in 1881, but Chinese settlers quickly discovered some Korean farming communities already settled in the area.
The empty-island policy was officially rescinded in 1881, after which the government sought to encourage additional settlement of Ulleungdo.
The original European settlement was situated on the opposite side of the river from approximately 1836 to 1881.
Part of a Scottish settlement established by Alexander McCorkindale, it was proclaimed a town in June 1881.
In particular, the development between 1867 and 1881 of docks at Barrow Island, in Walney Channel opposite Walney, encouraged the growth of Walney as a settlement.
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