The town's name is attested as Aisincurt in 1175, derived from a Germanic masculine name Aizo, Aizino and the early Northern French word curt ' farm with a courtyard ' ( Late Latin cortem ).

The town's growth was facilitated by its role as the administrative and commercial centre of German East Africa and industrial expansion resulting from the construction of the Central Railway Line in the early 1900s.

Fort Collins gained a reputation as a very conservative city in the twentieth century, with a prohibition of alcoholic beverages, a contentious political issue in the town's early decades, being retained from the late 1890s until student activism helped bring it to an end in 1969.

This council, known to have existed as early as 1317, was given the job of administering the town in its care through law and legislation, and of handling the town's revenue.

The type of political organisation existing in Poitiers during the late medieval or early modern period can be glimpsed through a speech given on 14 July 1595 by Maurice Roatin, the town's mayor.

By early 1795, however, Marat's memory had become somewhat tarnished, and on 13 January 1795, the town's name became simply Le Havre.

It is a character story about an average town's citizens in the early twentieth century as depicted through their everyday lives.

In the early 1930s, Flynn left for England, and in 1933 he secured an acting job with the Northampton repertory company at the town's Royal Theatre, where he worked for seven months.

Today it is one of the major seaside resorts in the country, known for the Apollonia art and film festival ( which takes place in early September ) that is named after one of the town's ancient names.

Since the opening of a new Sainsbury's in the early 1980s ( closed 2001 ) and, more significantly, a Tesco superstore in 1987, there has been a shift in the town's retail, predominantly charity shops, estate agents, restaurants and bars.

Strabane suffered extensive damage during the Troubles, from the early 1970s and continuing throughout much of the 1990s, with bombings and shootings commonplace: Irish Republican paramilitary groups, mainly the Provisional Irish Republican Army, regularly attacked the town's British army and Royal Ulster Constabulary ( RUC ) bases.

The town's early settlers were wealthy planters mostly from Virginia, Tennessee, the Carolinas and Georgia.

Along the town's main historic district, early businesses built many structures that still form Wickenburg's downtown area.

The town's downtown business district is on the National Register of Historic Places and largely comprises commercial structures from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The town's namesake wild peas are believed to be a product of this early farming, since it would have taken many years of preparation and cultivation to produce them.

The town was partially laid out in early 1821, and on March 3, 1822 a bill of assurrance was recorded and executed and the town's plat was laid out.

The town was close to lead mines and mining played a big part in the town's early history.

The town's name comes from Cape Mendocino, named by early Spanish navigators in honor of Antonio de Mendoza, Viceroy of New Spain.

Many of the town's early settlers were New Englanders, as was true with many older Northern California logging towns.

The town's name honors early settler Junius Talmage.

Primarily a residential suburb of San Francisco, Hillsborough has many mansions within the town's borders dating from the early 20th century.

It features sawmill machinery and artifacts from the town's early days

Thanks to the town's early prominence and wealth, it boasts an astonishing collection of early New England architecture.

The Kent family, for whom the town's library is named, originated in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and boasted relations to many prominent early New England families, including the New England Dwight family of Northampton, Massachusetts, the Hooker family of Hartford, the Dudleys of Guilford, Connecticut and the Leavitts of Suffield.

* House of the History of Nijmegen information centre about the history of Nijmegen ; free entrance ; expositions about a theme of the town's history ; touch screen which leads you to the 50 highlights of the towns ' history: ' Canon of Nijmegen '; reading table.

One of the main incidents in the town's history was an attack by pirates from Algiers in 1583, after which 400 people were taken away.

Today Mazara is widely considered to be one of the most important fishing centres of Italy ; tussles about fishing rights, especially with the North-African countries, figure large in the town's recent history, boat sequestrations being a common event.

The most distinctive aspect of the town's history is that it was moved to the west in the 1950s to allow for the expansion of Lake Hume.

Wittenberg's civic coat of arms conveys with its various heraldic elements something of the town's history.

A turning point in the town's history came in 1603 when Margrave Christian, the son of the elector, John George of Brandenburg, moved the aristocratic residence from the castle of Plassenburg above Kulmbach to Bayreuth.

The town's modern history begins in 1844, when Iginio Scarpa, a rich merchant from Rijeka, founded Villa Angiolina.

The town's history is poorly recorded and is held mostly by local people and their stories of the past.

An important source for the history of 17th century Transylvania, for the period of 1606-1666, are the records of Georg Kraus, the town's notary.

A mural in Haleburg depicts the town's agricultural history and its ties to the nearby Chattahoochee River.

Currently, the Port Alexander Historical Society is undertaking the project of creating a small museum celebrating the town's history.

Stromness Museum reflects these aspects of the town's history ( displaying for example important collections of whaling relics, and Inuit artefacts brought back as souvenirs by local men from Greenland and Arctic Canada ).

Due to the town's history of racial strife, the African-American percentage has decreased about 10 times over in the 20th century.

" Biscoe " was the town's official name for most of its history, being written in parenthesis.

Author K. Martin Gardner expounds on this literary history, and Twain's friendship with renowned scientist of the time, Nikola Tesla, in his novel of the town's name. Copperopolis

To keep up with the town's Swedish history they have most retail businesses designed in Swedish architecture.

For much of the town's history the fields around Kingsburg were mostly grape vineyards which produce mainly raisin and table grapes ; however in 2002 a large surplus of raisins and grapes drove the price for these commodities down to an all time low.

He was one of the most powerful residents in the town's history, dividing up the lands into large ranches for friends and family.

Currently, the town is at a crossroads trying to reconcile the town's rural history and character with exploding residential and now even commercial development.

Washington's economy has changed considerably over the course of the town's history.

Plans are to expand the celebration of " the town's worst day in history " in future years, according to the museum's executive director, Jerry Roberts.

The Cedar Key Museum State Park depicts the town's 19th century history and displays sea shells and Indian artifacts from the collection of Saint Clair Whitman.