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 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 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 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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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 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 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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The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was an armed...
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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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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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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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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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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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History of the American Frontier is a history book by Frederic L. Paxson, originally published in 1924 by Houghton Mifflin. It won the Pulitzer Prize...
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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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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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that agreed to live as homesteaders did in Montana Territory on the American frontier in 1883. Each family was expected to establish a homestead and complete...
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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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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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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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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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Davy Crockett (redirect from King of the Wild Frontier)
was an American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier, and politician. He is often referred to in popular culture as the "King of the Wild Frontier". He represented...
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United States (redirect from U.S.American)
of African Americans. National infrastructure, including transcontinental telegraph and railroads, spurred growth in the American frontier. From 1865...
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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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An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (also known as An American Tail 2: Fievel Goes West or An American Tail II) is a 1991 American animated Western musical...
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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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Hell or High Water (film) (category Use American English from October 2021)
Editing. The film is the second installment of writer Taylor Sheridan's American Frontier Trilogy, along with Sicario and Wind River. In West Texas, brothers...
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Frontier, or OLCF-5, is the world's first exascale supercomputer. It is hosted at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility...
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