Pioneer

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Pioneer, The Pioneer or pioneering may refer to:

• American pioneer, a western migrant in American history

In arts and entertainment

Film and television

• Pioneer Entertainment, an anime company
• Pioneer Pictures, a film studio
• Pioneer (film), a 2013 Norwegian film
• The Pioneers (1916 film)
• The Pioneers (1926 film)
• The Pioneers (1941 film), a 1941 movie starring Tex Ritter
• The Pioneers (源), a 1980 Taiwanese film, starring Hsu Feng
• Raivaaja (English: The Pioneer), Finnish American newspaper published 1905–2009 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts

Literature

• The Pioneers (novel), by James Fenimore Cooper
• Pioneer newspaper (disambiguation), various English-language newspapers
• The Pioneer (Indian newspaper), an English-language newspaper published in India
• The Pioneer, a nineteenth-century journal co-founded by James Russell Lowell

Music

Artists

• Pioneer Drum and Bugle Corps
• The Pioneers (band), a Jamaican reggae vocal trio

Albums

• The Pioneers (album), by MC Eiht and Spice 1
• Pioneer (The Band Perry album)
• Pioneer (The Maine album)

Songs

• "Pioneer" (song), by Freddie
• "Pioneers" (song), by Bloc Party

Painting and sculpture

• The Pioneer (painting), a 1904 painting by Frederick McCubbin
• The Pioneer (sculpture), a sculpture in California by Solon H. Borglum
• The Pioneer (Eugene, Oregon), a sculpture in Oregon by Alexander Phimister Proctor
• The Pioneers (sculpture), a 1928 sculpture in Illinois by Lorado Taft
• The Pioneer Mother Memorial, a sculpture in Washington by Avard Fairbanks
• The Pioneer Mother (Eugene, Oregon), a sculpture in Oregon by Alexander Phimister Proctor

Other media

• Pioneer (video game), 2006 space trading and combat simulator video game

Places

Populated places

• Pioneer, Tasmania, Australia
• Pioneer River, Australia
• Shire of Pioneer, Australia
• Pioneer Island (Nunavut), Canada
• Pioneer Pass, Nunavut, Canada
• Pioneer Street, Metro Manila, Philippines
• Pioneer Island (Russia)
• Pioneer, Singapore
• Pioneer, California
• Pioneer, Indiana
• Pioneer, Iowa
• Pioneer, Louisiana
• Pioneer, Missouri
• Pioneer, Ohio
• Pioneer, Tennessee

Schools

• Pioneer High School (San Jose, California)
• Pioneer High School (Whittier, California)
• Pioneer High School (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
• Pioneer Junior College, Singapore

Other places

• Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, in Reno, Nevada

Natural science and agriculture

• Pioneer species, a species that colonizes an otherwise barren environment
• Pioneer Seamount, an underwater volcano
• Ulmus × hollandica 'Pioneer', an elm tree hybrid cultivar
• A barley (Hordeum vulgare), cultivar

Transportation

Ships

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

Trains

• The Pioneer (train), an Amtrak passenger train operating 1977–1997 between Chicago and Portland, Oregon
• Pioneer MRT Station, a transit station
• Pioneer Zephyr, a diesel-powered train operating 1934–1960
• Pioneer (locomotive), a locomotive built in 1837

Other vehicles

• 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

Sport

Teams

• Bendigo Pioneers, an Australian rules football team
• Denver Pioneers, the sports teams of the University of Denver
• Elmira Pioneers, an amateur baseball team
• Grinnell Pioneers, the sports teams of Grinnell College
• Petach Tikva Pioneers, an Israeli baseball team
• Western Mass Pioneers, a soccer team
• St. George Pioneerzz, a minor league baseball team

Leagues and conferences

• Pioneer Football League, a college athletic conference
• Pioneer League (baseball), a minor league baseball league
• Pioneer Conference (IHSAA), an Indiana high school athletic conference
• Pioneer Conference, a predecessor of the Northeast Ohio Conference athletic conference

Other uses in sport

• Pioneer Bowl, a football game
• A category for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
• Pioneer Race Course, a former San Francisco horse racing course

Groups, businesses, and organizations

Businesses

• Pioneer Aerospace Corporation
• Pioneer Corporation, an electronics manufacturer based in Kawasaki, Japan
• Pioneer Club Las Vegas, a casino operating 1942–1995 in Las Vegas, Nevada
• Pioneer Energy, a gas station chain
• Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall, a casino in Laughlin, Nevada
• Pioneer Investments, an investment company
• Pioneer Natural Resources, an Irving, Texas based petroleum, natural gas, and natural gas liquids exploration and production company
• Pioneer Surgical Technology
• DuPont Pioneer, an agriculture company

Religious groups

• Pioneers (missions agency), a Christian organization
• Mormon pioneers, Mormons who migrated to the Salt Lake Valley
• Seventh-day Adventist Church Pioneers, founders of the Church
• Pioneer Total Abstinence Association, an Irish organisation for Roman Catholics who avoid alcohol

Other organizations

• Bush Pioneer, a campaign fundraiser for George W. Bush
• Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers, founders of the co-operative movement
• Pioneer movement, a communist youth organization
• Pioneer Column, an 1890 force of the British South Africa Company
• Pioneers in Engineering, a student organization

Other uses

• American pioneer, a western migrant in American history
• Pioneer program, a series of U.S. unmanned space missions
• Pioneering (Bahá'í), journeying to teach the Bahá'í faith
• Pioneer (military), a soldier employed for engineering and construction tasks
• Pioneer (pinball), a 1976 pinball machine produced by Gottlieb
• Pioneering (Scouting), the art of creating structures using ropes and wooden spars
• Pioneer, a role in the organizational structure of Jehovah's Witnesses

See also

• Innovator
• Settler
• Pioneer Club (disambiguation)
• Pioneer Day (disambiguation)
• Pioneer League (disambiguation)
• Pioneer Township (disambiguation)
• Pioner (disambiguation)
• Scout (disambiguation)
• Guide (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "Pioneer"
• All pages with titles containing Pioneer