frontiersmen

In the course of colonial development the people of the mountains were usually referred to as frontiersmen dwelling in the West.

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Various

In the 1880s, the frontiersmen were the cowboys, cattle ranchers and railroaders.

Standing on the Corner 2009

But the frontiersmen were the true dreamers of the nation.

The Passing of the Frontier; a chronicle of the old West Emerson Hough 1890

Having spent the past quarter century enforcing an uneasy peace between Indians and unruly frontiersmen, few army officers could have predicted otherwise.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

Wildcatters, then hard-charging, daring frontiersmen, sought oil anywhere they found a seep or in places others wouldn't dare, such as hillsides.

Small oil drillers say new rules threaten wildcatters' survival 2011

But keep in mind that some of the frontiersmen came from areas where the local form of English was heavily influenced by Scots, Ulster Scots, German, Dutch, Irish English; or by some combination of several of these.

When What We Think We Know, Is Actually Wrong at SF Novelists 2009

“How many generations do people think those frontiersmen were from the Old Country?”

When What We Think We Know, Is Actually Wrong at SF Novelists 2009

Their preference for negotiations was the result of a keen appreciation that American citizens had caused much of the trouble on the frontiers and that the rest of the country was reluctant to raise and support the forces needed to restrain frontiersmen or fight Native peoples.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

How many generations do people think those frontiersmen were from the Old Country?

When What We Think We Know, Is Actually Wrong at SF Novelists 2009

Wildcatters, then hard-charging, daring frontiersmen, sought oil anywhere they found a seep or in places others wouldn't dare, such as hillsides.

Small oil drillers say new rules threaten wildcatters' survival 2011