Frederick Jackson Turner Quote

The frontier is the outer edge of the wave—the meeting-point between savagery and civilization... the line of most rapid and effective Americanization. The wilderness masters the colonist.


The Significance of the Frontier in American History (1894)


The frontier is the outer edge of the wave—the meeting-point between savagery and civilization... the line of most rapid and effective...

The frontier is the outer edge of the wave—the meeting-point between savagery and civilization... the line of most rapid and effective...

The frontier is the outer edge of the wave—the meeting-point between savagery and civilization... the line of most rapid and effective...

The frontier is the outer edge of the wave—the meeting-point between savagery and civilization... the line of most rapid and effective...