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The Deerslayer was the most successful of an early series, the Leatherstocking Tales, about pioneer life in New York. Little House on the Prairie, a century later, typified a later series of novels describing a pioneer family. Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett are two real-life icons of pioneer history. [citation needed]
A railway pioneer is someone who has made a significant contribution to the historical development of the railway (US: railroad). This definition includes locomotive engineers, railway construction engineers, operators of railway companies, major railway investors and politicians, of national and international importance for the development of rail transport.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 December 2024. Leif Erikson (c.970–c.1020) was a famous Norse explorer who is credited for being the first European to set foot on American soil. Explorers are listed below with their common names, countries of origin (modern and former), centuries of activity and main areas of exploration. Marco ...
Washington Irving wrote about him, making him famous in his lifetime. The Bonneville Salt Flats are named after him. Brown, John: 1817–1889 1841–1849 United States: Fur trapper, trader, rancher, and merchant in and around Pueblo, Colorado. Brown, Kootenay: 1839–1916 1862–1910 Ireland
Cayley was one of the most significant pioneers in aviation history. [nb 14] Giuseppe Cei † 25 Jan 1889 28 Mar 1911 Italy (Italy) (France) Aviator Propeller: Flew around the Eiffel tower (19 Mar 1911); [52] [citation needed] (†) (Bleriot airplane), near Puteaux, France. [citation needed] Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi: 1609 1640 Turkey Design ...
Henry Skaggs (January 8, 1724 – December 4, 1810. Occasional alternative spellings: "Skeggs" and "Scaggs") was an American longhunter, explorer and pioneer, active primarily on the frontiers of Tennessee and Kentucky during the latter half of the 18th century.
Kennedy, James: History of the Ohio Society of New York 1885–1905, The Grafton Press, New York (1906). McCullough, David: The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West, Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, New York (2020). Randall, Emilius; Ryan, Daniel Joseph (1912).