[Pompah]

There are some who say that a group of NorseScots discovered North America and what is now the New England Coast long before Columbus sailed the Ocean blue.
Grave sites have been found in Massachusetts with Celtic Markings.

[Spruce]

Some folk suppose the Vikings traveled even farther...

Kensington Runestone
The Kensington Runestone is a slab of Graywacke stone, grey in color, measuring 36 inches long, 16 inches wide, and 6 inches thick. It contains runic writing along the face of the stone and along one edge. The stone was found on the property of a Minnesota farmer named Olaf Ohman in November of 1898. Upon finding the stone, Mr. Ohman and his sons noted the runic letters, but could not decipher them. The stone was thereafter examined by many runic scholars, who discovered that the runes claimed to be an account of Norse explorers in the 14th Century. Many scholars who have since examined the stone have claimed it a childish forgery, some have testified to its authenticity. The stone currently resides in the Runestone Museum in Alexandria, Minnesota, the seat of the county in which the stone was found.

[Burkeman1]

They are disputed highly. There was a theory put forth by a rich Boston Yankee in the 19th century that the Vikings had settlements along the Charles River inland from Boston. He even had a statue commissioned of Eric the Red that still stands on Commonwealth Avenue to this day. The New Foundland settlement is the only verified Viking site in North America. The Minnisota stone is also highly suspect as it was dug up by a Swede on his farm.

It is verified that the Norse of Greenland visited North America often to fell much needed timber. And they may even have had extensive contact and trade with Inuit and Northern tribes like the Micmac. Some think they may have explored as far south as Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, and Cape Cod.

[blam]

"There are some who say that a group of NorseScots discovered North America and what is now the New England Coast long before Columbus sailed the Ocean blue."

It's was a lot earlier than that...a few thousand years earlier.

The Red Paint People of the northeasten US have recently and definately linked with the same people in Norway.

[blam]

"There are some who say that a group of NorseScots discovered North America and what is now the New England Coast long before Columbus sailed the Ocean blue."

It's was a lot earlier than that...a few thousand years earlier.

The Red Paint People of the northeasten US have recently and definately linked with the same people in Norway.