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United States of America timeline
c. 15,000 years ago
The La Brea tarpit in Los Angeles shows signs of human activity in the region
c. 1000 BC
Burial mounds feature in the Ohio valley, built first in the Adena culture and then by Hopewell tribes
1540
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado penetrates far north and west of Texas in an expedition searching for gold
1585
Roanoke Island, off the coast of North Carolina, is settled by the first English colonists in America – with disastrous results
c. 1585
The English artist John White paints the everyday life of the Secotan Indians of America
1587
Virginia Dare becomes the first English child to be born in America, on Roanoke Island
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