Last Updated on July 7, 2025 by Matt Staff When you think of the Wild West, you probably imagine gun-slinging cowboys, dusty ...

But the fact remains that the basic idea of a closed frontier has overtaken its more nuanced origin in Turner’s writings and come to serve as a rhetorical signpost for discussions about American ...

The Winchester 1886 was a powerful rifle that helped shape the Old West’s rugged landscape. This video explores its design, ...

The American frontier is undergoing a significant transformation, driven by technology, economics and wealth.

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Both sport and spectacle, the rodeo has become emblematic of the American frontier — and yet, its journey to become such a symbol is an international one, and one that’s 500 years in the making.

The resulting essay, “The Significance of the Frontier in American History,” offered a vivid evocation of life in the American West.

In "The Significance of the Frontier in American History," he noted that, according to the most recent U.S. census, so much of the nation had been settled that there was no longer an identifiable ...

American, Frontier, Southwest and United airlines each refused Wednesday to fly immigrant children separated from their parents for the federal government, as President Trump ordered a halt to ...