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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 of a civilization, particularly during a period of expansion. The American frontier occurred throughout the 17th to 20th centuries as European Americans colonized and expanded across North ...
By 1860 there were 58,042 free people of color (black or mulatto, as classified in the census) in Virginia. [28] Over the decades, many had gathered in the cities of Richmond and Petersburg where there were more job opportunities. Others were landowners who had working farms, or found acceptance from neighbors in the frontier areas of Virginia ...
John Fraser (often incorrectly spelled Frazier, 1721 – 16 April 1773) was a fur trader licensed by the Province of Pennsylvania for its western frontier, an interpreter with Native Americans, a gunsmith, a guide and lieutenant in the British army, and a land speculator.
Texas Jack Omohundro (1846–1880) – frontier scout, actor, and cowboy; Uncle Charlie Osborne (1890–1992) – musician; Patton Oswalt (born 1969) – actor and comedian; Rayvon Owen (born 1991) – musician, contestant on American Idol season 14; Ken Oxendine – NFL running back
The Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia is the biggest open air museum in the Shenandoah Valley. The museum operates on 188 acres of land in Staunton, Virginia, [1] which includes approximately 1.8 miles of paved walking trails. The museum features eleven exhibits, eight of which are working farms displaying the daily life of those who ...
The American frontier, also known as the Old West, and popularly known as the Wild West, encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that began with European colonial settlements in the early 17th century and ended with the admission of the last few ...
Virgin land or frontier are areas near or beyond a boundary. Virgin Land may also refer to: "Virgin Land", a short story in the Doctor Who anthology Short Trips: Zodiac; Virgin Lands campaign, a Russian initiative; Virgin Land: The American West as Symbol and Myth, an 1950 book by Henry Nash Smith; Virgin Land, a 1974 album by Airto Moreira
The Colony of Virginia was a British colonial settlement in North America from 1606 to 1776.. The first effort to create an English settlement in the area was chartered in 1584 and established in 1585; the resulting Roanoke Colony lasted for three attempts totaling six years.