Year Shute & Merchant was established. Continue Reading about Shute & Merchant was established. Continue reading 10,000+ - 1,500 years ago What we now call Cape Ann is the traditional and ancestral homeland of Indigenous people who had occupied this area for more than 10,000 years. Continue Reading about What we now call Cape Ann is the traditional and ancestral homeland of Indigenous people who had occupied this area for more than 10,000 years. Continue reading 12,000-11,000 years ago One of the largest and oldest Paleo-Indian sites in the United States, Bull Brook, which is located in what is now called Ipswich, dates from around 12,000 to 11,000 years ago. Continue Reading about One of the largest and oldest Paleo-Indian sites in the United States, Bull Brook, which is located in what is now called Ipswich, dates from around 12,000 to 11,000 years ago. Continue reading 12,000 to 11,000 years ago to 2014 DAWNLAND VOICES – AN ANTHOLOGY OF INDIGENOUS WRITING FROM NEW ENGLAND Edited by Siobhan Senier Continue Reading about DAWNLAND VOICES – AN ANTHOLOGY OF INDIGENOUS WRITING FROM NEW ENGLAND Edited by Siobhan Senier Continue reading 750-350 years ago (c.) The Pawtucket had horticultural settlements on Cape Ann. Continue Reading about The Pawtucket had horticultural settlements on Cape Ann. Continue reading 900 million years ago - 12,000 years ago (c.) The microcontinent Avalonia, which makes up present-day Cape Ann, began to form. Continue Reading about The microcontinent Avalonia, which makes up present-day Cape Ann, began to form. Continue reading 1000 (c.) During the late 10th century, Norse explorers established settlements in Greenland and Newfoundland. This may mark the first contact between Indigenous Americans and Europeans. Continue Reading about During the late 10th century, Norse explorers established settlements in Greenland and Newfoundland. This may mark the first contact between Indigenous Americans and Europeans. Continue reading 1602 English explorer Bartholomew Gosnold sailed in the Concord along the New England coast and reported making contact with Indigenous people. Continue Reading about English explorer Bartholomew Gosnold sailed in the Concord along the New England coast and reported making contact with Indigenous people. Continue reading 1604 French explorers Pierre De Monts and Samuel de Champlain traveled the coast of New England and anchored at the head of the Cape, now Rockport. They called it Cape aux Iles (Cape of Islands.) Continue Reading about French explorers Pierre De Monts and Samuel de Champlain traveled the coast of New England and anchored at the head of the Cape, now Rockport. They called it Cape aux Iles (Cape of Islands.) Continue reading No events were found for this year.