American frontier

North American species of even-toed ungulates

undeveloped territory of the United States, c. 1607–1912

multimedia genre of stories set primarily in the American Old West

city in Kansas, United States

city in and county seat of Ford County, Kansas, United States

gold rush from C.E.1848 until 1855 in California

city in and county seat of Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States

June 1876 battle of the Great Sioux War

forced displacement of Five Civilized Tribes

city in Kansas, United States

town in and the county seat of Madison County, Montana, United States

city in and county seat of Chouteau County, Montana, United States

thumb|upright=1.35|A loose bull is lassoed by a pickup rider during a rodeo in [[Salinas, California, July 2006]]

city in Oregon, USA

invasion of Mexico, launched in late 1861, by the Second French Empire

The Métis are a mixed-ancestry Indigenous people whose historical homelands include Canada's three Prairie Provinces extending into parts of Ontario, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and the northwest United States. They have a shared history and culture, deriving from specific mixed European (primarily French, Scottish, and English) and Indigenous ancestry (primarily Cree with strong kinship to Cree people and communities), which became distinct through ethnogenesis by the mid-18th century, during the early years of the North American fur trade.

law enforcement agency with statewide jurisdiction in Texas

town in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States

town in and county seat of Crook County, Wyoming, United States

law signed on May 28, 1830 by President Andrew Jackson

village in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States

thumb|upright=1.35|Karl Bodmer's 1844 [[aquatint Scalp Dance of the Minitarres depicts Siouan Hidatsa people in a scalp dance.]] Scalping is the act of cutting or tearing a part of the human scalp, with hair attached, from the head, and generally occurred in warfare with the scalp being a trophy. Scalp-taking is considered part of the broader cultural practice of the taking and display of human body parts as trophies, and may have developed as an alternative to the taking of human heads, for scalps were easier to take, transport, and preserve for subsequent display. Scalping independently deve

first railroad in the United States to reach the Pacific coast from the eastern states

American fur trapper and frontiersman

historical type of an American bar

United States federal laws (1860s-1930s) granting ownership of land

pattern of fixed-blade fighting knife

series of lever-action repeating rifle

1848-1850 provisional state founded by Mormons

village in Texas

wooden wagon with cloth covering used in American transporation and exploration

1953 film musical directed by David Butler

African American regiments of the US Army created 1866, the first black regulars in peacetime

form of public torture and humiliation

U.S. company that built western leg of the first transcontinental railroad

1st United States Volunteer Cavalry during the Spanish-American War

turf house used in early colonial North America

1862 battle in the American Civil War

Brulé Sioux chief, Native American leader (1823–1881)

poker hand said to have been held by Wild Bill Hickok when he was murdered

ghost town in San Bernardino County, California, United States

French-Canadian independent fur traders

type of heavy covered wagon

group of wagons travelling together

a series of murders of Osage Indians in Osage County, Oklahoma

deputy U.S. marshal

1854 opening engagement of the First Sioux War

military engagements which took place in the Mexico–United States border region of North America during the Mexican Revolution

activities related to the acquisition, trade, and sale of animal furs in North America

act of stealing cattle

unincorporated community in Catron County, New Mexico

card game

thumb|Shooting the Rapids, 1879 by Frances Anne Hopkins (1838–1919) Voyageurs (; ) were 18th- and 19th-century French and later French Canadians and others who transported furs by canoe at the peak of the North American fur trade. The emblematic meaning of the term applies to places (New France, including the and the ) and times where that transportation was over long distances, giving rise to folklore and music that celebrated voyageurs' strength and endurance. They traversed and explored many regions in what is now Canada and the United States.

persons who migrated across the country to explore, trade, and establish permanent homes

book by Mark Twain

ceremony for the completion of the first US railroad line from Sacramento to Omaha

guns from Hotchkiss arms company

1870–1920 traveling vaudeville performance

Frontierland is one of the "themed lands" at the many Disneyland-style parks run by Disney around the world. Themed to the American frontier of the 19th century, Frontierlands are home to cowboys and pioneers, saloons, red rock buttes and gold rushes along with some influence from American history, North America in general and Latin America. It is named Westernland at Tokyo Disneyland and Grizzly Gulch at Hong Kong Disneyland.

military units using camels in the Southwestern United States