"Brian Thorn" wrote in message
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On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 14:52:49 GMT, (Christopher)
wrote:

Note that the oldest continuously occupied cities in the United States
are St. Augustine, Florida and Santa Fe, New Mexico... both former
Spanish outposts. Note also that the first British outpost in the New
World, at Roanoke Island, failed and its colonists were never seen
again.

And as I pointed out in another post, the Dutch had a strong influence on
the Hudson River Valley.

(Albany NY lays claim to one of the oldest continuously chartered
governments in the New World.)



Brian