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The Louisiana Purchase
Paying only 4 cents per acre, the Louisiana Purchase is one of America's largest acquisitions of land ever. This greatly expanded the frontier for America and paved the way for further expansion down the road. Source: http://www.history.com/topics/louisiana-purchase -
Mexican-American War Ends
After the war America gained the majority of the western part of the United States and Texas. This frontier included Death Valley and the Sierra Nevada. Source: http://pixshark.com/mexican-american-war-alamo.htm -
Study from Nature: A showery Day on the Coast- Alfred Thompson Bricher
This painting portrays the end of the frontier, but even though the frontier was considered closed in 1890, there was still places to be discovered and acquired by America. Source: www.crystalbridgescollection.com -
1890 US Census
This marked the official end of the frontier in America, but it opened up a new chapter in America's history. Even though the frontier was closed, the memories and idealizations of it remain to this day. Source: http://www.barlowgenealogy.com/Alabama/census3.html -
Cañon del Muerto-Navajo -Edward Sheriff Curtis
This painting symbolizes the vastness of the frontier. With the pioneers compromising only a small percentage of the painting, and with such an emphasis on the land surrounding them, one can't help but to think if we have truly "conquered" the frontier. Source: www.crystalbridgescollection.com -
Greenland Landscape- Rockwell Kent
This painting shows the hardships of the frontier along with the vastness of it. Even though the pioneers have gone through several hardships, and even if they cross the river successfully, the jouney has only just begun. Source: www.crystalbridgescollection.com
