Chuck Bell says tall trees were both a blessing and a curse to early pioneers and farmers

Though the settlers used trees for shelter, barns, fences and heat, they saw trees as one of their greatest enemies when it ...
Daily Herald

Watering the future: How pioneer settler efforts provided basis for today’s water needs in southern Utah County

The assortment of fruit orchards that are scattered throughout Utah County’s southern fields serve both as cultural pillars and cash crops that power the region’s economy. The county accounts for half ...
Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Museum’s essay contest focuses on early Scandinavian settlers in New Netherlands colony

BAY RIDGE — WHAT IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN BERGEN STREET IN BROOKLYN and the town of Bergen, Norway, birthplace of the composer Edvard Grieg? Early settlers like Han Hansen Bergen — the namesake of ...
thedailytimes

Robert Hamil: Patriot and early Carpenter’s area settler

Christy Martin [email protected] Oct 17, 2025 Oct 17, 2025 Robert Hamil was born in the early 1750s. The location of his birth is unknown. He may have been born in Ireland or in Pennsylvania, the ...