original settlers
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- colonistsSettlers in new territory
- homesteadersLand-claiming rural settlers
- pilgrimsReligious journey takers
- frontiersmenSettlers of unsettled land
indigenous · founders · immigrants · settlers · wagons · wilderness · land · territory · colony · Plymouth · Mayflower · frontier · migration · claiming · westward · prairie · cabin · outpost
- ancestorsancestor, ancestors, forebears, forebear, forbear
- neighborhood historyold photos, founding date, historic homes, landmark buildings, local legends
indigenous status
original settlersindigenous peoples
Original inhabitants of lands
First Nations · native peoples · original inhabitants · indigenous communities · native population
permanence of residence
original settlerstransients
Temporary occupants or travelers
nomads · migrants · temporary residents · sojourners · itinerants