Pioneer commonly refers to a

settler A settler is a person who has human migration, migrated to an area and established a permanent residence there, often to colonize the area. A settler who migrates to an area previously uninhabited or sparsely inhabited may be described as a ...

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 Chicken Pioneer Chicken (or Pioneer Take Out, as it is officially named) is an American fried chicken restaurant chain which was founded in Echo Park, Los Angeles in 1961 by H. R. Kaufman. When Kaufman sold the chain in 1987, there were 270 restaurants o ...

, an American fast-food restaurant chain *

Pioneer Club Las Vegas Pioneer Club Las Vegas was a casino that opened in 1942 and was located in Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, at 25 East Fremont Street. It ceased operating as a casino in 1995, the same year the Fremont Street Experience was completed. History The Pi ...

, a casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. * Pioneer Corporation, a Japanese electronics manufacturer *

Pioneer Energy Pioneer Energy LP (formerly Pioneer Petroleums), commonly referred to as Pioneer, is a gas retailer and convenience store operator, with locations in Ontario, Canada. Founded by Murray Hogarth in 1956, it is headquartered in Burlington, Ontario ...

, a Canadian gas station chain * Pioneer Entertainment, a Japanese anime company *

Pioneer Hi-Bred Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. is a U.S.-based producer of seeds for agriculture. They are a major producer of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), including genetically modified crops with insect and herbicide resistance. As of 2019, Pi ...

, a U.S.-based agriculture company *

Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall (formerly Colorado Club) is a hotel and casino located on the banks of the Colorado River in Laughlin, Nevada. It is known for its neon cigarette-puffing "River Rick" marque. It was a sister property of the Pioneer ...

, Laughlin, Nevada, U.S. * Pioneer Instrument Company, an American aeronautical instrument manufacturer *

Pioneer movement A pioneer movement is an organization for children operated by a communist party. Typically children enter into the organization in elementary school and continue until adolescence. The adolescents then typically join the Young Communist League ...

, a communist youth organization *

Pioneer Natural Resources Pioneer Natural Resources Company is an American company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration headquartered in Irving, Texas. It operates in the Cline Shale, which is part of the Spraberry Trend of the Permian Basin, where the company is the larges ...

, 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) :''This is about the sculpture in Visalia, California. For the same-named sculptures elsewhere, see Pioneer (disambiguation).'' ''The Pioneer'' in Visalia, California was a sculpture by Solon H. Borglum that was first displayed at the Panama–P ...

, 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) The Pioneers are a Jamaican reggae vocal trio, whose main period of success was in the 1960s. The trio has had different line-ups, and still occasionally performs. Career Founding and early years: 1962-67 The Pioneers were formed in 1962 by ...

, a Jamaican reggae vocal trio

Songs

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

Pioneer 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, a person in American history who migrated west to join in settling and dev ...

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 The Pioneer Column was a force raised by Cecil Rhodes and his British South Africa Company in 1890 and used in his efforts to annex the territory of Mashonaland, later part of Zimbabwe (once Southern Rhodesia). Background Rhodes was anxious t ...

, 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 is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Dorset in the North-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about north-east of the town of Scottsdale. The 2016 census recorded a population of 89 for the state suburb of ...

* 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 The Pioneer Living History Museum is located at 3901 W. Pioneer Road in Phoenix, Arizona. The museum, also known as Pioneer Village, has 30 historic original and reconstructed buildings from the 1880s and early 1900s on its 90-acre property. Histo ...

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 population ...

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 is a village in Williams County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,369 at the 2010 census. History Pioneer was platted in 1853. A post office has been in operation at Pioneer since 1851. From 1903, the village was the terminus ...

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 Pioneer MRT station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East West line in Jurong West, Singapore. Despite its name, Pioneer station is not physically located within the Pioneer planning area. Rather, its name was derived ...

, a transit station in Singapore

Schools

Pioneer High School (Ann Arbor, Michigan) Pioneer High School is a public school in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Founded in 1856, the school was previously called the Union School and Ann Arbor High School. In 2010, Pioneer was listed as a "Silver Medal School" by the '' U.S. News & World Rep ...

, U.S. *

Pioneer High School (San Jose, California) Pioneer High School is a highly rated public high school located in the Almaden Valley neighborhood of San Jose, California. It is one of six high schools in the San Jose Unified School District, and is a science magnet school with an interdisci ...

, U.S. *

Pioneer High School (Whittier, California) Pioneer High School is a public school in West Whittier-Los Nietos, a census-designated place in unincorporated Los Angeles County, California. Academics Pioneer High School encourages the taking of AP courses in order to challenge and prepare f ...

, U.S. * Pioneer Junior College, Singapore *

Pioneer-Pleasant Vale Schools Pioneer-Pleasant Vale Schools is a school district in Garfield County, Oklahoma. The district consists of two schools, Pioneer High School in an unincorporated area (with a Waukomis, Oklahoma, Waukomis address but not in Waukomis, grades 7–12) ...

, (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 Divisio ...

, a football game * Pioneer Football League, a college conference *

Pioneer League (baseball) The Pioneer League is an independent baseball league that operates in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States. Its teams are not directly affiliated with Major League Baseball (MLB). It is designated as an MLB Partner League. From 1939 ...

, 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 Sacred Heart Pioneers are the 32 sports teams (14 men, 18 women) representing Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut in intercollegiate athletics. The Pioneers compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Northeast Conferen ...

, 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)