Pioneer commonly refers to a person who is among the first at something that is new to a community. A pioneer as a

settler A settler or a colonist is a person who establishes or joins a permanent presence that is separate to existing communities. The entity that a settler establishes is a Human settlement, settlement. A settler is called a pioneer if they are among ...

is among the first settling at a place that is new to the settler community. A historic example are

American pioneer American pioneers, also known as American settlers, were European American,Asian American, and African American settlers who migrated westward from the British Thirteen Colonies and later the United States of America to settle and develop areas ...

s, persons in American history who migrated westward to settle in what is now the Western and Midwestern United States. Pioneer, The Pioneer, or pioneering may also refer to:

Companies and organizations

Pioneer Aerospace Corporation Pioneer Aerospace Corporation is one of the largest aerodynamic deceleration manufacturers in the world. Since 1938, the company has designed and manufactured parachutes and parafoils for use by the military, leisure use and numerous NASA missions ...

* Pioneer Chicken, an American fast-food restaurant chain * Pioneer Club Las Vegas, a casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. *

Pioneer Corporation , is a Japanese multinational corporation based in Tokyo, that specializes in digital entertainment products. The company was founded by Nozomu Matsumoto on January 1, 1938 in Tokyo as a radio and Loudspeaker, speaker repair shop. Its current pr ...

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

Pioneer Fund The Pioneer Fund is an American non-profit foundation established in 1937 "to advance the scientific study of heredity and human differences". The organization has been described as racist and white supremacist in nature. The Southern Pover ...

, racist foundation, 1937 *

Pioneer Hi-Bred Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., a subsidiary of Corteva, is a U.S.-based producer of seeds for agriculture. It is a major producer of genetically modified crops with insect and herbicide resistance. History In 1926, farm journal editor a ...

, 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 L ...

, an American aeronautical instrument manufacturer *

Pioneer movement A pioneer movement is an youth organization, 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 Yo ...

, a communist youth organization *

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

, a defunct energy company in Texas, U.S. *

Pioneer Pictures Pioneer Pictures, Inc. was a Hollywood motion picture company, most noted for its early commitment to making color films. Pioneer was initially affiliated with RKO Pictures, whose production facilities in Culver City, California were used by Pio ...

, a former American film studio * Pioneer Surgical Technology, a medical technology company in Michigan, U.S. *

Pioneer Total Abstinence Association The Pioneer Total Abstinence Association of the Sacred Heart (PTAA) is an international organisation for Catholic teetotalers that is based in Ireland. Its members are commonly called Pioneers. While the PTAA does not advocate prohibition, it d ...

, 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, Gha ...

, a Christian missions organization

Entertainment

Visual Arts

* ''The Pioneer'' (1904), painting by Frederick McCubbin, Australia * ''The Pioneer'' (Visalia, California) (c. 1915), sculpture by Solon H. Borglum, California * ''The Pioneer'' (Eugene, Oregon) (1919), sculpture by Alexander Phimister Proctor, Oregon * ''The Pioneer'' (Los Angeles) (1925), sculpture by Henry Lion, California * ''The Pioneers'' (sculpture) (1928), sculpture by Lorado Taft, Illinois *

Pioneer Monument (disambiguation) Pioneer Monument or Pioneer Memorial may refer to: ;in Canada * Pioneer Monument Obelisk (Montreal), Quebec ;in the United States * Pioneer Monument (San Francisco), California * Pioneer Memorial (Denver, Colorado) or Pioneer Monument (Denver, ...

for others named "Pioneer Monument" or "Pioneer Memorial"

Films

* ''The Pioneers'' (1903 film), an American silent film directed by Wallace McCutcheon, Sr. * ''The Pioneers'' (1916 film), an Australian silent film directed by Franklyn Barrett * ''The Pioneers'' (1926 film), an Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford * ''The Pioneers'' (1941 film), an American film directed by Albert Herman * ''The Pioneers'' (1980 film), a Taiwanese film starring

Hsu Feng Hsu Feng (born 17 December 1950) is a Taiwanese-born actress and film producer. In the 1970s she was one of the leading actresses of the cinemas of Hong Kong and Taiwan, particularly known for her roles in wuxia films and her work with directo ...

* ''Pioneer'' (film), a 2013 Norwegian film directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg * ''The Pioneers'' (2021 film), a Chinese film directed by Xu Zhangxiong

Games

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

Music

Bands

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

Albums

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

Songs

* "The Pioneers" (song) by Bloc Party, 2005 *"Pioneer" by The Band Perry, from ''Pioneer'', 2013 * "Pioneer" (song) by Freddie, 2015 *"Pioneers", by For King & Country from '' Burn the Ships'', 2018

Literature

Books

* ''The Pioneers'' (novel), 1823 novel by James Fenimore Cooper *''The Pioneers'', 1872 novel by R. M. Ballantyne *''The Pioneer'', 1905 novel by Geraldine Bonner *''The Pioneer'', 1912 novel by Harold Edward Bindloss *''The Pioneers'', 1954 novel by

Jack Schaefer Jack Warner Schaefer (November 19, 1907 – January 24, 1991) was an American writer known for his Westerns. His best-known works are the 1949 novel '' Shane'', considered the greatest western novel by the Western Writers of America, and t ...

*''Pioneers'', 1986 novel by Phillip Mann *''The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West'', 2019 non-fiction book by

David McCullough David Gaub McCullough (; July 7, 1933 – August 7, 2022) was an American popular historian. He was a two-time winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. In 2006, he was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United S ...

Magazines and newspapers

* ''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 * Pioneer (Estonian magazine)

Military

Pioneer (military) A pioneer () is a soldier employed to perform engineering and construction tasks. The term is in principle similar to sapper or combat engineer. Pioneers were originally part of the artillery branch of European armies. Subsequently, they formed p ...

, 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 to ...

, an 1890 force of the British South Africa Company * AAI RQ-2 Pioneer, a U.S. military unmanned aerial vehicle *

RSD-10 Pioneer The RSD-10 ''Pioneer'' ( tr.: ''raketa sredney dalnosti (RSD) "Pioner"''; ) was an intermediate-range ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead, deployed by the Soviet Union from 1976 to 1988. It carried GRAU designation 15Ж45 (''15Zh45''). ...

, 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, a former local government area

United States

* Pioneer, Arizona * Pioneer, California * Pioneer, Florida * Pioneer, Indiana * Pioneer, Iowa * Pioneer, Kansas * Pioneer, Louisiana * Pioneer, Missouri * Pioneer, Nevada *

Pioneer, Ohio Pioneer is a village in Williams County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,429 at the 2020 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 Township, Michigan ** Pioneer, Michigan

Other places

* Pioneer, Alberta *

Pioneer, Singapore Pioneer is a planning area located in the 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 east, Tuas to the west, the Western Water Catchment to t ...

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, 1800s * Pioneer (sidewheeler 1849), one of the first steamboats in California, U.S., 1849 * ''Pioneer'' (paddle-steamer), New Zealand gunboat, 1863 * ''Pioneer'' (submarine), built for the American Civil War, 1861 * ''Pioneer'' (schooner), ship at the South Street Seaport Museum in New York City, U.S., 1885 * USS ''Pioneer'', several U.S. Navy ships, 1800s – 1900s * USC&GS ''Pioneer'', several U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey ships, 1900s * MV ''P&O Pioneer'', a British hybrid power seagoing ferry, introduced on the Dover–Calais route, 2023

Sports

* London Greenhouse Pioneers, an English basketball team * Pioneer Bowl (disambiguation), American college football games *

Pioneer Football League The Pioneer Football League (PFL) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference which operates in the United States. The conference participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA's NCAA Division I, Division I Fo ...

, a college conference *

Pioneer League (baseball) The Pioneer Baseball League (also known as simply the Pioneer League) is a professional baseball league based in the Western United States. It operates as one of four Major League Baseball (MLB) Partner Leagues in the American independent bas ...

, a minor league * Pioneer Race Course, 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. The first program, which ran from 1958 to 1960, unsuccessfully attempted to send spacecraft to orbit the Moon, successfully sent one spacecraft to fly by the ...

, of U.S. unmanned space missions 1958–1978 *

Pioneer species Pioneer species are resilient species that are the first to colonize barren environments, or to repopulate disrupted biodiverse steady-state ecosystems as part of ecological succession. Various kinds of events can create good conditions for pi ...

, colonizing new environment *

Pioneering (Scouting) Pioneering is the art of using ropes and wooden spars joined by lashings and knots to create a structure. Pioneering can be used for constructing small items such as camp gadgets up to larger structures such as bridges and towers. These may be ...

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