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.
Georges Claude-Inventor of the First Neon Lamp. The French engineer, chemist, and inventor Georges Claude (b. Sept. 24, 1870, d. May 23, 1960), was the first person to apply an electrical discharge to a sealed tube of neon gas (circa 1902) to create a lamp. Georges Claude displayed the first neon lamp to the public on December 11, 1910, in Paris. Georges Claude patented the neon lighting tube on Jan. 19th, 1915 - U.S. Patent 1,125,476. In 1923, Georges Claude and his French company Claude Neon, introduced neon gas signs to the United States, by selling two to a Packard car dealership in Los Angeles. Earle C. Anthony purchased the two signs reading Packard for $24,000.