Florida has the oldest settlement in the United States with St.  Augustine. The Spaniards settled here in 1565.     Virginia was the first of the original thirteen â¦ colonies and was  started by the settlement of Jamestown in 1607.    Delaware was the first state and was created in 1787.
Neon: historical information. Neon was discovered by Sir William Ramsay, Morris W. Travers at 1898 in London, England. Neon was discovered by Sir William Ramsay and Morris Travers in 1898 very shortly after their discovery of the element krypton. Both elements were discovered through work on liquid air.
Although he proposed the use of liquid oxygen in iron smelting as early as 1910, his suggestion was not adopted until after World War II. While studying the inert gases, Claude found that passing electrical current through them produced light, and in 1910 he developed the neon lamp for use in lighting and signs.