Lock Haven, Pennsylvania

=== Pre-European ===
The earliest settlers in Pennsylvania arrived from Asia between 12000&nbsp;[[Common Era|BCE]] and 8000&nbsp;BCE, when the glaciers of the Pleistocene [[Pleistocene|Ice Age]] were receding. Fluted point spearheads from this era, known as the [[Paleo-Indians|Paleo-Indian]] Period, have been found in most parts of the state.<ref name=historical>{{cite web | last = Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission | title = Pennsylvania Archaeology: An Introduction | publisher = Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | url = http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/ppet/archaeology/page1.asp?secid=31  | access-date = November 11, 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080625100450/http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/ppet/archaeology/page1.asp?secid=31 |archive-date = June 25, 2008}}</ref> Archeological discoveries at the [[Memorial Park Site|Memorial Park Site 36Cn164]] near the confluence of the West Branch Susquehanna River and Bald Eagle Creek collectively span about 8,000&nbsp;years and represent every major prehistoric period from the [[Archaic period in the Americas|Middle Archaic]] to the [[Late Woodland period]].{{sfn|Schuldenrein|Vento|1994|p=1|loc=chapter 1}} Prehistoric cultural periods over that span included the Middle Archaic starting at 6500 BCE; the Late Archaic starting at 3000 BCE; the Early Woodland starting at 1000 BCE; the Middle Woodland starting at 0 CE; and the Late Woodland starting at 900 CE.{{sfn|Richter|2002|p=4}} First contact with Europeans occurred in Pennsylvania between 1500 and 1600 CE.{{sfn|Richter|2002|p=4}}<ref>At the time of first contact, several tribes lived in what later became Pennsylvania. It is not known which tribe made first contact with Europeans.</ref>