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 The Pioneer Chicken Take Out Corporation, doing business as Pioneer Chicken, is an American fried chicken restaurant chain which was founded in Echo Park, Los Angeles in 1961 by H. R. Kaufman. During the 1970s, several locations operated in Honol ...

, 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 , 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 Pioneer Energy LP (formerly Pioneer Petroleums) 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. It is a subsidiary of Parkland ...

, a Canadian gas station chain *

Pioneer Entertainment Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc. (abbreviated as Geneon USA) was an American anime, multimedia production and distribution company that was owned by Geneon Entertainment. It was primarily involved in the production and distribution of anime from ...

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

, 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 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 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) The Pioneers are a Jamaican reggae, soul and rocksteady 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 wer ...

, 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 Anthony Phillip Mann (August 1942 – 1 September 2022) was a British-born New Zealand science fiction author. He studied English and drama at Manchester University and later in California before moving to New Zealand where he established the ...

*''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) ''Pioneer'' was an Estonian youth magazine, the mouthpiece of the , published between 1940 and 1989. The magazine was published by the in Tallinn. The magazine started appearing twice a month in October 1940, with issue no. 1 on October 11, 19 ...

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 The AAI RQ-2 Pioneer is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that was used by the United States Navy, Marine Corps, and Army, and deployed at sea and on land from 1986 until 2007. Initially tested aboard USS ''Iowa'', the RQ-2 Pioneer was placed aboa ...

, 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 The Scottish Aviation Pioneer was an STOL aircraft manufactured by Scottish Aviation in Scotland. It was used for casualty evacuation and communications and could accommodate a pilot and up to four passengers. Design and development The Pion ...

, 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 Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is loca ...

Pioneer River The Pioneer River is a river in North Queensland, Australia. The long river flows through the city of . History Captain John Mackay and his party were the first Europeans to discover the river in 1860. Mackay named it Mackay River after his ...

, 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 population w ...

* Pioneer, Florida * Pioneer, Indiana *

Pioneer, Iowa Pioneer is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, Iowa, United States. The population was 4 at the time of the 2020 census, and elected to unincorporate as a municipality in 2020. Geography Pioneer is located at (42.654422, -94.39077 ...

Pioneer, Kansas Pioneer is a ghost town in Rush County, Kansas Rush County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and largest city is La Crosse. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 2,956. The county was named for ...

Pioneer, Louisiana Pioneer is a village in West Carroll Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 171 at the 2000 census. History Very little is known on the early history of the village, but it is likely the population increased due to steamboat traff ...

* 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 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 ...

Pioneer Township, Michigan Pioneer Township is a civil township of Missaukee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 508 at the 2020 census, up from 451 in 2010. Communities * Pioneer is an unincorporated community near the center of the township at . ...

** Pioneer, Michigan

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 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) Pioneer High School is a public high 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 & Wo ...

, 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), 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 An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local g ...

, (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) Pioneer Bowl may refer to one of the following college football bowl games: * Pioneer Bowl (1971–1982), played in Wichita Falls, Texas, first as an NCAA College Division regional bowl game, then as a Division II postseason game, and finally as the ...

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

, 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 Metro Atlantic A ...

, 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 ...