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Before any recorded written records of the region existed volcanoes, glaciers, long extinct beasts such as the great woolly mammoth, a surprising array of flora, and various Indian groups are but some of the fascinating topics that dominated ‘early’ local history. Indians are believed to have lived in the region for at least 10 and perhaps 20,000 years. Some of the later groups were known as Mohacans and Mannahoacks, names recorded by Captain John Smith. They hunted the mammoths and other enormous and equally extinct creatures and made extensive use, among others of poplar and chestnut trees.
Never particularly efficient in of their environment, these Indians nonetheless avoided depletion of their natural resources due to their relatively small numbers. While there were periodic territorial wars with the Powhatans of Tidewater and the Iroquois
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