The Seneca allowed very few travelers to pass through the area and kept non-native settlement to a minimum.

The land was later opened up to non-Native settlement.

The first non-native settlement in the area was by a family of freed slaves following the Civil War.

The first non-native settlement in the area was known as Dodgetown as early as 1760.

Stronach Township is the oldest non-native settlement in Manistee County.

Woodfords holds title as the oldest non-native settlement in the entire region.

They survivors withdrew away from non-native settlements.

He encouraged the tribe to open a road into their territory, which brought on non-native settlement and rapid acculturation, with devastating effects on the tribe.

Wrangell was founded by Russians as one of the oldest non-Native settlements in Alaska.

The completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad through the region accelerated non-native settlements and development.