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 developing new areas.

Pioneer, The Pioneer, or pioneering may also refer to:

Companies and organizations

• Pioneer Aerospace Corporation
• 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, 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, a medical technology company in Michigan, U.S.
• Pioneer Total Abstinence Association, Irish Catholics who avoid alcohol
• Pioneers (missions agency), 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), 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
• "Pioneers", by For King & Country, 2018 from Burn the Ships

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, a former local government area

United States

• Pioneer, Arizona
• Pioneer, California
• Pioneer, Florida
• Pioneer, Indiana
• Pioneer, Iowa
• Pioneer, Kansas
• Pioneer, Louisiana
• Pioneer, Michigan
• Pioneer, Missouri
• Pioneer, Nevada
• Pioneer, Ohio
• Pioneer, Tennessee

Other places

• Pioneer, Alberta
• Pioneer, Singapore

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

• MV P&O Pioneer, a British hybrid power seagoing ferry, introduced on the Dover–Calais route in 2023
• 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), one of the first steamboats in California, U.S.

Sports

See also: Pioneer Conference (disambiguation)

• London Greenhouse Pioneers, an English basketball team
• Pioneer Bowl, a football game
• Pioneer Football League, a college conference
• Pioneer League (baseball), 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, 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)

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Pioneer
• All pages with titles containing Pioneer
• Pioneer Award (disambiguation)
• Pioneer Club (disambiguation)
• Pioneer Days (disambiguation)
• Pioneer League (disambiguation)
• Pioneer Township (disambiguation)
• Pionier (disambiguation)
• Pioner (disambiguation)