The American frontier, also known as the Old West, and popularly known as the Wild West, encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated...
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A frontier is a political and geographical term referring to areas near or beyond a boundary. In the United States, the frontier was the term applied by...
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The Frontier Thesis, also known as Turner's Thesis or American frontierism, is the argument by historian Frederick Jackson Turner in 1893 that the settlement...
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The frontier myth or myth of the West is one of the influential myths in American culture. The frontier is the concept of a place that exists at the edge...
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The Frontier can refer to: The Frontier (1991 film), a 1991 Chilean film directed by Ricardo P. Larrain The Frontier (2014 film), an American drama film...
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the Frontier in American History" is a seminal essay by the American historian Frederick Jackson Turner which advanced the Frontier thesis of American history...
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Iroquois who were largely allied with the British. Indian raids on the American frontier, however, continued to be a problem. Also, in 1779, Spain allied with...
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The American Indian Wars, also known as the American Frontier Wars, and the Indian Wars, was a conflict initially fought by European colonial empires...
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in 1893 advanced the frontier thesis, under which American democracy and the American Dream were formed by the American frontier. He stressed the process—the...
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Into the Wild Frontier is an American docudrama TV series, which airs on INSP and streaming platforms. Each episode follows a different person from the...
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expansion. The American frontier occurred throughout the 17th to 20th centuries as European Americans colonized and expanded across North America. This period...
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The Nissan Frontier is a nameplate used by Nissan in several regions as an alternative to the Navara and NP300 nameplates. In North America, the nameplate...
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The American bison (Bison bison; pl.: bison), commonly known as the American buffalo, or simply buffalo (not to be confused with true buffalo), is a species...
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the American frontier. It is a selection from tens of thousands of titles. See also: Bibliography of the Western United States The American frontier, also...
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community Frontier, Minnesota, an unincorporated community Frontier, North Dakota, a city Frontier, Wyoming, an unincorporated community American frontier, American...
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War of 1812 (redirect from British-American War (1812))
British military support for American Indians who were offering armed resistance to the expansion of the American frontier to the Northwest Territory....
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Scientific American Frontiers was an American science television program aired by PBS from 1990 to 2005. The show was a companion program to the Scientific...
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American frontier. ... And we stand today on the edge of a new frontier, the frontier of unknown opportunities and perils. ... Beyond that frontier are...
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Significance of the Frontier in American History, in Does The Frontier Experience Make America Exceptional?. Tyrrell, Ian. "American Exceptionalism in an...
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Philadelphia International Airport (category Use American English from August 2021)
focus city for Frontier Airlines. The airport has service to cities in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle...
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (category Films set in the American frontier)
Saul Rubinek, and Tom Waits. It consists of six vignettes set on the American frontier. The film premiered at the 75th Venice International Film Festival...
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identifying less than 10 definite bank robberies between 1859 and 1900 across 15 frontier states. Grunge.com pointed out that FEE's research was conducted before...
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Western United States (redirect from American West)
American frontier Autry Museum of the American West Environmental history of the United States High Country News History of the Jews in the American West...
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unprotected frontier lands, whose non-aboriginal population represented a substantial American component. Moreover, the territories were feared by Americans to...
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time of the Mexican–American War (1848) and the Indian Wars throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries on the American frontier. Another name for the...
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Frontier War(s) or frontier war(s) may refer to: American Indian Wars (17th century to the early 20th century), also known as the American Frontier Wars...
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Davy Crockett (redirect from King of the Wild Frontier)
1836) was an American politician, militia officer and frontiersman. Often referred to in popular culture as the "King of the Wild Frontier", he represented...
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Look up frontiers in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Frontiers may refer to: Frontier, areas near or beyond a boundary Frontiers (Journey album), 1983...
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Tall tale (category American folklore)
American folk literature. The tall tale's origins are seen in the bragging contests that often occurred when the rough men of the American frontier gathered...
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New Mexico (redirect from African Americans in New Mexico)
with indigenous peoples, which was part of the broader American Indian Wars along the frontier. The withdrawal of troops and material for the war effort...
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