Where to Watch: Paramount+, Netflix This "Yellowstone" prequel traces the Dutton lineage back to the American frontier. Here, ...

Last Updated on July 7, 2025 by Matt Staff When you think of the Wild West, you probably imagine gun-slinging cowboys, dusty ...

But the fact remains that the basic idea of a closed frontier has overtaken its more nuanced origin in Turner’s writings and come to serve as a rhetorical signpost for discussions about American ...

In "The Significance of the Frontier in American History," he noted that, according to the most recent U.S. census, so much of the nation had been settled that there was no longer an identifiable ...

The resulting essay, “The Significance of the Frontier in American History,” offered a vivid evocation of life in the American West.

The American frontier is undergoing a significant transformation, driven by technology, economics and wealth. Accessibility statement Skip to main content. Democracy Dies in Darkness.

[American Frontier] is a 1953 film funded by the American Petroleum Institute to promote the financial benefits for farmers of leasing land for oil exploration. Oil was first discovered in the ...

In 1812, Chicago was not a city, but rather a frontier settlement occupied mostly by French-Canadian and American traders as well as soldiers and Native Americans. It was the home of Fort Dearborn ...