Naveda (Frontiers Thesis)

The American spirit of exploration has succeeded in urbanization and civilization of the wastelands but does not in anyway symbolize American democracy. It has to be admitted that the imperialistic expansion has been achieved at the cost of subjugation of the Native Indians.

America, the land of the plenty has a distinct history and the events that lead to its becoming one of the best developed nations in the world present an interesting and highly absorbing historical study. Looking back through the annals of American history we can find that there were many aboriginal groups who were the original inhabitants of many of the present counties and states even before the first Europeans set their sights on the vast resourceful lands. The clear disparateness in the ethnicity of the original inhabitants and the latter settlers is an important factor, which ought to be considered when we analyze the development of the American nation as a whole and in particular the expansion of the frontiers. In fact the expansion of American west has many implications as for example the economic, political and the cultural aspects. This invariably involved

We see that the immediate result of the exploration was the flow of mass settlements to Nevada. Turner attributes the successful settlement on the frontiers as a mark of the American energy and strength. He says, "that coarseness and strength combined with acuteness and acquisitiveness; that practical inventive turn of mind, quick to find expedients; that masterful grasp of material things... that restless, nervous energy; that dominant individualism". While we may agree with Turner regarding the above point we cannot really attribute this success wholly to the American people. Turner in particular does not consider the contributions of the early Chinese people towards the self-sufficiency of the western America. A case in point is that Chinese, being adept in the farming techniques were responsible for flourishing of the agricultural sector. This helped the western states to become self sufficient in their food production which is an important factor for the growth of new settlements in the west. Had it not been for the dexterity of the Chinese in the agricultural sector it would have taken much longer for the establishment of a township. Though this fact may seem rather trivial it is well known today that copious foodstuff contributed a lot to expedite the growth of the western regions.

been in a large degree the history of the colonization of the Great West. The existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession, and the advance of American settlement westward explain American development. In his dissertation, ”Contributions of the West to American democracy," he says, “The paths of the pioneers have widened into broad highways. The forest clearing has expanded into affluent commonwealths. Let us see to it that the ideals of the pioneer in his log cabin shall enlarge into the spiritual life of a democracy where civic power shall dominate and utilize individual achievement for the common good” [Taylor James, Frontier Thesis]. This is a rather debatable view in that the continuous explorations, expeditions and the occupation of the new vast lands were not without the attendant breach of democratic principles. It is fairly obvious that the Native Indians were denied of their rights as many of them were forcefully subjugated from their lands by the immigrant community.

These early explorers found the bluish clay (in the Gold Creek stream) to be rich in silver and immediately set up innumerable mining stations to exploit the new found wealthy resource. Subsequently new mines were found at Tonopah and Goldsfield. The Comstock mine, which started production in 1859, produced $310 million worth of silver and gold in the next 75 years. [University of Nevada]. These mining stations were in need of transportation facilities and continuos supply of water. It must be mentioned that the lure of the yellow metal was an irresistible invitation for people from all over the world. Along with the Americans and Europeans the Chinese in particular swarmed Nevada in hopes of a rich gold harvest.

The formulation of the city of Nevada is indeed an evolution a

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