Pioneer commonly refers to a settler who migrates to previously uninhabited or sparsely inhabited land. In the United States pioneer commonly refers to an

American pioneer American pioneers were European American and African American settlers who migrated westward from the Thirteen Colonies and later United States to settle in and develop areas of North America that had previously been inhabited or used by Nati ...

, a person in American history who migrated west to join in settling and developing new areas. Pioneer, The Pioneer, or pioneering may also refer to:

Companies and organizations

Pioneer Aerospace Corporation Pioneer Aerospace Corporation is an aerodynamic deceleration manufacturer. Pioneer has designed and manufactured parachutes and parafoils for numerous NASA missions. History Pioneer Aerospace Corporation began production in 1938. In 1988, Pione ...

* Pioneer Chicken, an American fast-food restaurant chain * Pioneer Club Las Vegas, a casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. * Pioneer Corporation, a Japanese electronics manufacturer * Pioneer Energy, a Canadian gas station chain * Pioneer Entertainment, a Japanese anime company * Pioneer Hi-Bred, a U.S.-based agriculture company * Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall, Laughlin, Nevada, U.S. *

Pioneer Instrument Company The Pioneer Instrument Company was an American aircraft component manufacturer. History The Pioneer Instrument Company was started by Morris Maxey Titterington and Brice Herbert Goldsborough in Brooklyn, New York in 1919 using patents from the ...

, an American aeronautical instrument manufacturer * Pioneer movement, a communist youth organization * Pioneer Natural Resources, an energy company in Texas, U.S. * Pioneer Pictures, a former American film studio *

Pioneer Surgical Technology RTI Surgical is a medical technology company that was founded in 1998 after spinning off from the University of Florida Tissue Bank Alachua, Florida, United States. RTI began operations as Regeneration Technologies in Alachua, Fla. In February ...

, a medical technology company in Michigan, U.S. * Pioneer Total Abstinence Association, Irish Catholics who avoid alcohol *

Pioneers (missions agency) Pioneers is a Christian missions organization focused on church planting among unreached people groups. It was founded by former Wall Street Journal National Sales Manager Ted Fletcher in 1979 and has offices in Orlando, Florida, Australia, Ghana ...

, a Christian missions organization

Entertainment

Art

* ''The Pioneer'' (Eugene, Oregon), a 1919 sculpture by Alexander Phimister Proctor * ''The Pioneer'' (painting), a 1904 painting by Frederick McCubbin * The Pioneer (Visalia, California), a sculpture in California by Solon H. Borglum * ''The Pioneers'' (sculpture), a 1928 sculpture in Illinois by Lorado Taft * Pioneer Monument (disambiguation) for others named "Pioneer Monument" or "Pioneer Memorial"

Film

* ''Pioneer'' (film), a 2013 Norwegian film, directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg * ''The Pioneers'' (1903 film) * ''The Pioneers'' (1916 film), directed by Franklyn Barrett * ''The Pioneers'' (1926 film), directed by Raymond Longford * ''The Pioneers'' (1941 film), directed by Albert Herman * ''The Pioneers'' (2021 film), 2021 Chinese film

Games

* Pioneer (pinball), a 1976 pinball machine produced by Gottlieb * ''Pioneer'' (video game), 2006 space trading and combat simulator

Music

Albums

* ''Pioneer'' (The Band Perry album), 2013 * ''Pioneer'' (The Maine album), 2011 * ''Pioneer'' (Pioneer album), 2012 * ''The Pioneers'' (album), by MC Eiht and Spice 1, 2004

Bands

Pioneer (band) Pioneer, formerly News from Verona, is an American Christian music band. They come from Indianapolis, Indiana. The band started making music in 2008. Their membership is Chad Shirrell, Dalton Meyers, Dan Voris, and Dustin Jones, with former memb ...

, an American Christian music band * The Pioneers (band), a Jamaican reggae vocal trio

Songs

* "Pioneer" (song), by Freddie, 2015 *"Pioneer", by The Band Perry, 2013, from '' Pioneer''

Literature

* ''Pioneer'' (magazine), a Soviet/Russian monthly magazine * ''Pioneer'' (newspaper), various English-language newspapers ** ''The Pioneer'' (South Australia), a newspaper ** ''The Pioneer'' (India), an English-language newspaper published in India * ''The Pioneers'' (novel), by James Fenimore Cooper *''The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West'', a 2019 book by David McCullough

Military

* Pioneer (military), a soldier employed for engineering and construction tasks * Pioneer Column, an 1890 force of the British South Africa Company * AAI RQ-2 Pioneer, a U.S. military unmanned aerial vehicle * RSD-10 Pioneer, a Soviet missile * Scammell Pioneer Semi-trailer, a British tank recovery and transport vehicle * Scottish Aviation Pioneer, a British military aircraft

Places

Australia

* Pioneer, Queensland * Pioneer, Tasmania * Pioneer River, in Queensland *

Shire of Pioneer The Shire of Pioneer was a Local government in Australia, local government area surrounding the city of Mackay, Queensland, Mackay and including all but its innermost suburbs. The shire, administered from Mackay, Queensland, Mackay itself, cover ...

, a former local government area

United States

* Pioneer, Arizona *

Pioneer, California Pioneer is a census-designated place in Amador County, California. It is located east-northeast of Pine Grove, at an elevation of 2986 feet (910 m), along State Route 88. The community is in ZIP code 95666 and area code 209. The populatio ...

Pioneer, Florida Pioneer is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hendry County, Florida, Hendry County, Florida, United States. Its population was 752 as of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Geography According ...

Pioneer, Indiana Pioneer is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Noble Township, Wabash County, Indiana, Noble Township, Wabash County, Indiana, Wabash County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. History A post office was established at Pioneer in 1897, ...

Pioneer, Iowa Pioneer is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, Iowa, United States. The population was 4 at the time of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, and elected to unincorporate as a municipality in 2020. Geography Pioneer is located at ...

* Pioneer, Kansas *

Pioneer, Louisiana Pioneer is a village (Louisiana), village in West Carroll Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 171 at the 2000 United States Census, 2000 census. Former Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Louisiana Commissioner of ...

* Pioneer, Michigan *

Pioneer, Missouri Pioneer is an unincorporated community in Barry County, Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land ar ...

* Pioneer, Nevada * Pioneer, Ohio *

Pioneer, Tennessee Pioneer is an unincorporated community in Campbell County, Tennessee, United States. Its ZIP code is 37847. It is situated in the upper Cove Creek Valley at the intersection of Tennessee State Route 297 and Tennessee State Route 63 State Rout ...

Other places

Pioneer, Alberta Yellowhead County is a List of municipal districts in Alberta, municipal district in west central Alberta, Canada. It is the only municipal district within Alberta Census divisions of Canada, census division Division No. 14, Alberta, No. 14. ...

Pioneer, Singapore Pioneer is a Urban planning areas in Singapore, planning area located in the West Region, Singapore, West Region of Singapore, named after Pioneer Road, formerly ''Jalan Besi'.'' The area is bounded by Jurong West to the north, Boon Lay to the ...

Rail transport

* ''Pioneer'' (locomotive), built in 1837 * ''Pioneer'' (train), an Amtrak passenger train * Pioneer MRT station, a transit station in Singapore

Schools

* Pioneer High School (Ann Arbor, Michigan), U.S. * Pioneer High School (San Jose, California), U.S. * Pioneer High School (Whittier, California), U.S. * Pioneer Junior College, Singapore * Pioneer-Pleasant Vale Schools, (Garfield County, Oklahoma) U.S.

Ships

* HMS ''Pioneer'', several Royal Navy ships * USS ''Pioneer'', several U.S. Navy ships * USC&GS ''Pioneer'', several U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey ships * ''Pioneer'' (paddle-steamer), an 1863 New Zealand gunboat * ''Pioneer'' (submarine), built for the American Civil War * ''Pioneer'' (schooner), an 1885 ship at the South Street Seaport Museum in New York City, U.S. *

Pioneer (sidewheeler 1849) Pioneer one of the first steamboats in California, after the ''Sitka'' in 1847, was a sidewheel steamboat equipped with an engine and boiler brought out in pieces from Boston on the 800 ton ''Edward Everett'', and put together at the West Point, at ...

, one of the first steamboats in California, U.S.

Sports

* London Greenhouse Pioneers, an English basketball team *

Pioneer Bowl The Pioneer Bowl was the name of some December college football bowl games played in two different eras. Between 1971 and 1982, the game was contested 10 times in Texas as an NCAA College Division regional final, or as a playoff game for Divis ...

, a football game * Pioneer Football League, a college conference * Pioneer League (baseball), a minor league *

Pioneer Race Course Pioneer Race Course, also known as the Pioneer Race Track, was a horse race track opened in March 1851, in the southern Mission District of San Francisco, California. Pioneer was the first race course in San Francisco. At the time that it was buil ...

, a former San Francisco horse racing course * Sacred Heart Pioneers, the athletic teams of the Sacred Heart University

Other

Pioneer program The Pioneer programs were two series of United States lunar and planetary space probes exploration. The first program, which ran from 1958 to 1960, unsuccessfully attempted to send spacecraft to orbit the Moon, successfully sent one spacecraft to ...

, a series of U.S. lunar, solar, and interplanetary unmanned space missions launched from 1958 through 1978 * Pioneer species, a species that colonizes an otherwise barren environment * Pioneering (Scouting), creating structures with ropes and wood spars *

Young Pioneers (disambiguation) Young Pioneers may refer to: Media * ''Young Pioneers'' (novel), a short novel by Rose Wilder Lane ** ''Young Pioneers'' (film), a 1976 American made-for-television Western film ** ''Young Pioneers' Christmas'', a 1976 American made-for-televisio ...