frontiersman

C4838
concept

A frontiersman is an individual who lives on and explores the edge of settled territory, relying on self-sufficiency, wilderness skills, and adaptability to survive and expand into unknown lands.

All labels observed (19)

Label Occurrences
frontiersman canonical 59
fur trader 50
American Old West figure 16

Instances (166)

Instance Via concept surface
Thomas Lewis
Juan Bautista de Anza expedition settlers pioneers
Rebecca Bryan Boone frontierswoman
Colonel William Casey
Nathan Boone
David L. Payne
Jules-Maurice Quesnel fur trader
James Estill American frontiersman
Lillian Smith American Old West figure
John Jacob Astor fur trader
Richard Butler
Robert Rogers
James Bowie
William Pynchon fur trader
William Sachse Texas pioneer
Edward Beale
Pieter Lassen
Benjamin Cleveland American frontiersman
John Sevier American frontiersman
Wild Bill Hickok American frontiersman
Doc Holliday American Old West figure
Henry Hastings Sibley fur trader
Hair Buyer Hamilton fur trader
Étienne Provost fur trapper
Daniel Morgan
John Baptiste Charbonneau fur trader
Rebecca Boone frontierswoman
Michael Cresap American frontiersman
Peter A. Sarpy fur trader
Andrew Pickens
William Cocke
Yount
surface form: George C. Yount
American frontiersman
Joseph Robidoux fur trader
William Christian Kentucky pioneer
John Fitzgerald
Solomon Juneau fur trader
Jim Bridger mountain man
Daniel Boone
Peter Lassen
John B. Denton Texas pioneer
Pierre Menard fur trader
Jesse Applegate Oregon pioneer
Joseph R. Walker mountain man
William McGillivray fur trader
Kit Carson
John McLoughlin fur trader
Pierre Laclède French fur trader
Toussaint Charbonneau fur trader
Auguste Chouteau fur trader
Charlie Utter