1.   She claims to be able to trace her ancestry all the way back to the earliest settlers.

2.   It was at this time that the earliest settlers here in East Texas harvested their cane.

3.   Its earliest settlers were farmers from Germany, Northern Ireland and England who came in search of religious freedom and land to call their own.

4.   Now that the case for early habitation has been made, one of the most interesting questions is just how the earliest settlers got here.

5.   The chord-free, note-by-note flurries that mark old-time Appalachian tunes date to the earliest European settlers from the British isles and Germany.

6.   The earliest French settlers in this part of the country looked for guidance to those who knew best.

7.   Parts of the trail predate Colonial times, when the earliest settlers needed access to the ocean.

8.   Those generous images were a far cry from the views of children among the earliest American settlers.