Top 6 Quotes by Frederick Jackson Turner

Up to our own day American history has been in a large degree the history of the colonization of the Great West. The existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession, and the advance of American settlement

Up to our own day American history has been in a large degree the history of the colonization of the Great West. The existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession, and the advance of American settlement westward, explain American development.

Frederick Jackson Turner

Land, Degrees, Development

"The Significance of the Frontier in American History" (1893) See Bancroft 1; Turner 2

The frontier has gone, and with its going has closed the first period of American history.

Frederick Jackson Turner

Gone, Firsts, American History

"The Significance of the Frontier in American History" (1893) See Bancroft 1; Robert P. Porter 1; Turner 1

That coarseness and strength combined with acuteness and inquisitiveness; that practical, inventive turn of mind, quick to find expedients; that masterful grasp of material things, lacking in the artistic but powerful to effect great ends; that restless, nervous energy; that dominant individualism, working for good and evil, and withal that buoyancy and exuberance which comes with freedom - these are the traits of the frontier.

Frederick Jackson Turner

Powerful, Evil, Mind

Frederick Jackson Turner (2012). “The Frontier in American History”, p.37, Courier Corporation

So long as free land exists, the opportunity for a competency exists, and economic power secures political power.

Frederick Jackson Turner

Opportunity, Land, Long

Frederick Jackson Turner (2012). “Shaping the American Character: The Significance of the Frontier in American History”, p.35, Now and Then Reader LLC

Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference to the conditions uppermost in its own time.

Frederick Jackson Turner

Writing, Past, History

Frederick Jackson Turner, Martin Ridge (1993). “History, Frontier, and Section: Three Essays”