Only the Lonely
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We were English Puritans who fled religious persecution at home and crossed the Atlantic to build a new settlement in Massachusetts, pioneers who left behind the comforts of settled New England towns to make their way in the lawless wilds of the West, soldiers who left homes in Maine and Vermont to fight for the Union in Virginia and Georgia, and in the 20th century, to fight in Europe and Asia. We were 19th-century immigrants from Italy, China, Poland, and Scandinavia who left home in search of opportunities for advancement the old country didn’t offer, farm boys and girls who left family farms for city jobs as clerks and factory girls, African Americans who migrated to the North after the Civil War in search of better work and better treatment (some of whom moved back after segregation ended). And we’re still moving—as soldiers shipped to Afghanistan, as bicoastal college students and business executives, as newly transplanted immigrants from Mexico, India, Korea, and Cuba.
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Summing up the 19th century in America, Frederick Jackson Turner wrote that “movement has been its dominant fact.” But movement was no less a part of the colonial era or the 20th and 21st centuries. We were English Puritans who fled religious
In 1893 Frederick Jackson Turner wrote his famous “Frontier Thesis” which argued that America was psychologically shaped by the presence of the frontier, which acted as a sort of safety valve to the public. Americans were optimistic and hopeful,
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Ben Medina, Ft. Lupton, 11-7; Jesse Ortiz, Frederick dec. Damien Atencio, Eagle Valley, 6-0; Rylen Thalhammer, Palmer Ridge dec. Brandon Gonzales, Mesa Ridge, 8-6; Jonathan Lewis, Windsor tech. fall Nick Wittrock, Summit, 18-1; Jeremy Baca,
The Frontier in American History by Frederick Jackson Turner: From Preface: "In republishing these essays in co... 
The Frontier in American History by Frederick Jackson Turner: From Preface: "In republishing these essays in co... 
The Frontier In American History - Frederick Jackson Turner: In a recent bulletin of the Superintendent of the C... 
@ Several history books began my exploration of Amer. colonialism begin w/Frederick Jackson Turner's Sig, of the Frontier in Am/Hist
The Frontier in American History by Frederick Jackson Turner: From Preface: "In republishing these essays in co... 