Greatest American Frontier Explorer(s)

Purple_Pills

Who is the greatest American frontier explorer(s) of all-time?

dflea

Meriwether Lewis & William Clark

You have to be one tough sumbitch to just up and go explore. Busting ass over wilderness is hard enough when there's a trail, let alone when there isn't and nobody's been there before to give you some directions.

All these people are badasses. I just picked Lewis and Clark because of the pacific northwest connection.

YellowSnow

Kit Carson

U r such a tard Professor. They carved their pine canoes 14 miles from my ranch in Kamiah on the clearwater. Take your kids on a field trip. Actually learn what u preach (teach). Youre missing point, which isnt surprising.

They paddled, rowed, made things as efficient and effective as possible to get to the mouth. Whether fixed or by hand. Downsloap a lot easier than rowing upstream

biak1

Meriwether Lewis & William Clark

Bridger was my runner-up.

FireCohen

(Other)

Ted bundy a different type a frontier explorer, but a explorer none-less

CFetters_Nacho_Lover

Daniel Boone

I live 40ish minutes from the Daniel Boone National Forest and about an hour from the Daniel Boone Tavern so it’s almost like I gotta vote for him.

If not for the above, I’d go Lewis and Clark because there was once a movie theater named after them near SeaTac. I’m 99% Lewis and Clark built the bowling alley portion before heading back east.

RaceBannon

CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:

I live 40ish minutes from the Daniel Boone National Forest and about an hour from the Daniel Boone Tavern so it’s almost like I gotta vote for him.

If not for the above, I’d go Lewis and Clark because there was once a movie theater named after them near SeaTac. I’m 99% Lewis and Clark built the bowling alley portion before heading back east.

That was our family go to theater

When Lewis and Clark built it

CFetters_Nacho_Lover

Daniel Boone

RaceBannon said:

CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:

I live 40ish minutes from the Daniel Boone National Forest and about an hour from the Daniel Boone Tavern so it’s almost like I gotta vote for him.

If not for the above, I’d go Lewis and Clark because there was once a movie theater named after them near SeaTac. I’m 99% Lewis and Clark built the bowling alley portion before heading back east.

That was our family go to theater

When Lewis and Clark built it

The Lewis and Clark is where my dad took my brothers and me to see Uncommon Valor and then walked right into a Dirty Harry movie in the next screening room without paying. 10 year me thought it was the greatest thing ever.

Swaye

Daniel Boone

CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:

RaceBannon said:

CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:

I live 40ish minutes from the Daniel Boone National Forest and about an hour from the Daniel Boone Tavern so it’s almost like I gotta vote for him.

If not for the above, I’d go Lewis and Clark because there was once a movie theater named after them near SeaTac. I’m 99% Lewis and Clark built the bowling alley portion before heading back east.

That was our family go to theater

When Lewis and Clark built it

The Lewis and Clark is where my dad took my brothers and me to see Uncommon Valor and then walked right into a Dirty Harry movie in the next screening room without paying. 10 year me thought it was the greatest thing ever.

And you still steal nachos to this day. Lessons learned young...

Swaye

Daniel Boone

Hey Stalin! Why wasn't she a choice? I know I want to explore her frontier.

CFetters_Nacho_Lover

Daniel Boone

Swaye said:

Hey Stalin! Why wasn't she a choice? I know I want to explore her frontier.

I love you and I love her and not exactly in that order.

Mad_Son

Meriwether Lewis & William Clark

Write in for Jedediah Springfield

Purple_Pills

Daniel Boone

After much thought, I finally pulled the trigger for Daniel Boone. Without him, the others may not have happened. Building the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap was mega significant for westward expansion.


Robert Gray was included because without him, the United States would never have had a claim to any of the Pacific Coast.

PurpleThrobber

Meriwether Lewis & William Clark

Purple_Pills said:

After much thought, I finally pulled the trigger for Daniel Boone. Without him, the others may not have happened. Building the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap was mega significant for westward expansion.


Robert Gray was included because without him, the United States would never have had a claim to any of the Pacific Coast.

One could argue that since Election Day, they still don't.

Joey

(Other)

Couldn’t decide so I just wanted to write in a couple others. Liver-Eating Johnson whom the film Jeremiah Johnson was based on (sorry @Swaye) and Hugh Glass. Survive a bear attack and then pop off

BennyBeaver

(Other)

dflea said:

let alone when there isn't and nobody's been there before to give you some directions.

Whitewash my balls.