t ôthe frontierö as if it were a homogeneous entity, in fact of course the frontier was different things at different times and in different regions. Wisconsin, Kentucky and Oregon all meant different things to the European and Euro-American settlers who first came there û which was partly a function of the historical moment, partly a function of the nationality and ethnicity of the particular group of settlers, partly a function of differences in the physical environment of different regions of the country.
The frontier also looked different to people of different classes and occu
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