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In American history, a pioneer is any of the people who migrated west to join in settling and developing new areas, especially those who settled any territory previously unsettled or undeveloped by European or American society. Though most of us think of pioneers strictly in terms of those who came to the "West", the earliest pioneers settled areas now considered the "East".

The first westward migrations occurred as representatives of the Thirteen Colonies sought to open up new lands for their respective colonies westward. Those whose original royal charters did not specify a western limit simply extended their lands directly and indefinitely westward. After the United States was formed upon the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, federal coordination and legislation began to give settlement a more unified approach.

As western settlement grew, common details emerged. Most pioneers traveled in wagon trains, groups of wagons containing settlers and their families. They banded together for common defense and to combine their efforts. Pioneers in the East often had to clear the land, owing to lush forests there. In the Midwest, the task was to bring agricultural fertility to the Great Plains.

The figure of the pioneer has played a large role in American culture and literature. While much cultural note is also given to other figures of a more transient nature, such as cowboys, trappers prospectors, miners, etc., the pioneer alone represents those who went into unexplored territory in search of a new life, looking to establish permanent settlement.

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	Across the Wide & Lonesome Prairie The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell Dear America by Kristiana Gregory from Scholastic Inc. Fictional historical journal for 3rd-6th grade in Dear America Books (Location: SER-DEAR)
	Buffalo Bill by Frank L. Beals, illustrated by Jack Merryweather 1959 Edition from Wheeler Publishing, Inc. for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $14.00 (1 in stock)
	By the Shores of Silver Lake Little House Series #5 by Laura Ingalls Wilder from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-6th grade 1940 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $18.99 $8.00 (2 in stock)
	By the Shores of Silver Lake (Pictorial Cover) Little House Series #5 by Laura Ingalls Wilder; illustrated by Garth Williams from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-6th grade 1940 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $9.00 (2 in stock)
	Caddie Woodlawn A Frontier Story by Carol Ryrie Brink, illustrated by Kate Seredy from Macmillan Realistic Family Fiction for 3rd-7th grade 1936 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
	Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink from Simon and Schuster Realistic Family Fiction for 3rd-7th grade 1936 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $19.99
	Farmer Boy Little House Series #3 by Laura Ingalls Wilder from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-6th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $19.99
	Farmer Boy (Pictorial Cover) Little House Series #3 by Laura Ingalls Wilder from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-6th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
	First Book of Pioneers by Walter Havinghurst from Franklin Watts for 1st-5th grade in Pioneer & Frontier Life (Location: HISA-19PIO)
	First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-8th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $18.99 $8.00 (1 in stock)
	First Four Years (Pictorial Cover) by Laura Ingalls Wilder; illustrated by Garth Williams from Harper & Row for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Flaming Arrows by William O. Steele, Illustrated by Paul Galdone 1^st edition from Harcourt Historical Fiction for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	For Ma and Pa On the Oregon Trail, 1844 by Wilma Pitchford Hays, illustrated by Peter Burchard from Coward McCann for 2nd-4th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Going to Town by Laura Ingalls Wilder from Scholastic Press for Preschool-3rd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Going West by Jean Van Leeuwen, illustrated by Thomas Allen from Dial Books for Young Readers Historical fiction for 2nd-4th grade in Pioneer & Frontier Life (Location: HISA-19PIO) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Grandfather's Dance by Patricia MacLachlan from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction for 3rd-6th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
	Here Rolled the Covered Wagons by Albert Salisbury from Superior Publishing Company for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Indian Summer by F. N. Monjo from HarperTrophy for 2nd-5th grade in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
	Jane Addams Pioneer of Hull House A Discovery Book by Helen Stone Peterson from Garrard Publishing Company for 2nd-4th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Kirsten and the New Girl American Girls Short Stories by Janet Shaw First Edition, First Printing from American Girl for 2nd-5th grade in American Girl (Location: SER-AMGIRL)
	Kit Carson A Discovery Book by Nardi Reeder Campion, illustrated by Shannon Stirnweis from Garrard Publishing Company for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Little House - Hardcover Set by Laura Ingalls Wilder from HarperCollins for 3rd-8th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $139.11
	Little House in the Big Woods Little House Series #1 by Laura Ingalls Wilder from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-6th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $18.99
	Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder, illustrated by Garth Williams Book Club Edition from Harper & Row for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Little House in the Big Woods (Pictorial Cover) by Laura Ingalls Wilder from Harper & Row for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $9.00 (5 in stock)
	Little House on the Prairie Little House Series #2 by Laura Ingalls Wilder from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-6th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $17.99
	Little House on the Prairie (pictorial hardcover) Little House Series #2 by Laura Ingalls Wilder from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Little Town on the Prairie Little House Series #7 by Laura Ingalls Wilder from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-8th grade 1942 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $19.99
	Little Town on the Prairie (Pictorial Cover) Little House Series #7 by Laura Ingalls Wilder; illustrated by Garth Williams from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-8th grade 1942 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Long Winter Little House Series #6 by Laura Ingalls Wilder from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-8th grade 1941 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $19.99 $9.50 (1 in stock)
	More Perfect Than the Moon by Patricia MacLachlan Fir from Scholastic Reference for 3rd-6th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Old Town in the Green Groves by Cynthia Rylant from HarperCollins for 3rd-6th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $9.99
	On the Banks of Plum Creek Little House Series #4 by Laura Ingalls Wilder from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-6th grade 1938 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $18.99
	On to Oregon! by Honore Morrow 1946 Edition from William Morrow & Company for 3rd-7th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Perilous Journey of the Donner Party from Clarion Books for 3rd-6th grade in Pioneer & Frontier Life (Location: HISA-19PIO) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Pioneering on the Plains Frontiers of America by Edith McCall, illustrated by Carol Rogers from Children's Press for 2nd-5th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $12.00 (2 in stock)
	Portugee Phillips and the Fighting Sioux by A. M. Anderson, illustrated by Jack Merryweather from Harper & Row for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $30.00 (1 in stock)
	Sancho the Homesick Steer by Helen Rushmore, illustrated by Jack Hearne from Garrard Publishing Company for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	These Happy Golden Years Little House Series #8 by Laura Ingalls Wilder from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-8th grade 1944 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $19.99
	These Happy Golden Years Little House Series #8 by Laura Ingalls Wilder Library edition from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-8th grade 1944 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
	Three Names by Patricia MacLachlan, illustrated by Alexander Pertzoff from HarperCollins for 2nd-4th grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $7.50 (1 in stock)

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