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Life on the frontier was difficult and stories such as what happened to the Donner Party help illustrate these hardships. In this section, you can learn about some of the important people and events related to life on the frontier.
Mexican War
Mexican War, 1846–48, a war between the United States and Mexico. As a result of its victory the United States gained an area of 529,017 square miles (1,370,148 km 2 ) from Mexico—the present states of California, Nevada, and Utah, and parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming.
See more »Miles Goodyear
Goodyear, Miles (1817–1849), a United States pioneer. Goodyear was born in New Haven, Connecticut.
See more »Moses Austin
Austin, Moses (1761–1821), a United States businessman and colonizer. He was born in Durham, Connecticut.
See more »Northwest Boundary Dispute
Northwest Boundary Dispute, in United States history, a controversy over the possession of the Pacific Northwest.
See more »Northwest territory
Northwest Territory, in United States history, the territory created by the Ordinance of 1787.
See more »Pierre Chouteau, Jr.
Chouteau, the name of a United States family prominent in the early Middle West as traders, merchants, and financiers.
See more »Pierre Esprit Radisson
Radisson, Pierre Esprit (1636–1710), a French fur trader and explorer of North America.
See more »Pierre Jean De Smet
De Smet, Pierre Jean (1801–1873), a Belgian Catholic missionary in the United States Northwest.
See more »Pioneer and Frontier Life
Pioneer and Frontier Life (1776–1890), the manner of living of the pioneers who made their homes at the forward edge of United States settlement as the frontier moved westward.
See more »Sam Houston
Houston, Sam (Samuel) (1793–1863), a United States soldier and statesman and the first elected President of the Republic of Texas.
See more »Samuel Augustus Maverick
Maverick, Samuel A . (Augustus) (1803–1870), a Texas statesman. His name became a synonym for an unbranded cow, and by extension, for a politician who refuses to be bound by party label.
See more »Stephen F. Austin
Austin, Stephen Fuller (1793–1836), a Texas pioneer, often called the founder of the state of Texas.
See more »Stephen Kearny
Kearny, Stephen Watts (1794–1848), a United States army officer. Kearny was born in Newark, New Jersey.
See more »The Alamo
Alamo, The, a mission building in San Antonio, Texas. It is the only structure that remains on the site of the most famous battle in the Texas war for independence from Mexico, 1835-36.
See more »The West
West, The, the western section of the United States. The U.S. Census Bureau designates Hawaii, Alaska, Washington, Montana, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico as western states.
See more »Thomas Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick, Thomas (1799?–1854), a United States fur trapper, trader, and scout.
See more »Trails
Trails, paths made by the passage of persons or animals, or roads that follow such paths.
See more »W. H Ashley
Ashley, William Henry (1778?–1838), a United States western explorer and political leader.
See more »W. L. Sublette
Sublette, William Lewis (1799?–1845), a United States frontiersman and fur-trader.
See more »Western Reserve
Western Reserve, the name of a part of northeastern Ohio when the area belonged to Connecticut.
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