feb 19, 1890 - Closing of the Frontier
Description:
Frederick Jackson Turner and the frontier. A year after the Oklahoma Land Rush, the director of the U.S. Census Bureau announced that the frontier was closed. The 1890 census had shown that a frontier line, a point beyond which the population density was less than two persons per square mile, no longer existed.Added to timeline:
Date:
feb 19, 1890
Now
~ 136 years ago