Around 40 AD, the first Romans settled on the site.

In the fifteenth century, a community settled on the present site of Taloire.

It was established in 1713 by German settlers from the Palatine who had settled on the site of the present city four years earlier.

The Nation of Islam moved its mosque many times, settling on the present site in 1986.

After 15 years of debate over where to build a new library, city officials settled on the current site.

The point was named after Thomas Field, a British colonist who settled on the site in the 17th century.

John Horner, the first inhabitant who settled on the site of the current city arrived in 1813.

Around 1870, logging companies moved into the area, prompting several families to permanently settle on the site.

In the early 1800s, Edward Smith and his family settled on the site of today's county fairgrounds.

George Finney first settled on the site of Odessa in 1886.