The Western FrontierThe Western Frontier is full of many experiences that changed the frontier. Every significant event plays an important role in shaping society and how it influenced a new nation. Each author brought a new perspective and thought process to the Western experience that either contradicted Turner or supported his theories. Ideas of borders that interested me included topics such as trade borders, agricultural borders, nationality and government, and the neglect of women. The frontiers shaped the West and how settlers approached it. Each different border has had a different effect on people and the way they live. The trade frontier created and established good and bad relations with the natives. The Normans, Vespuccius, Verraconi, Hudson, and John Smith all trafficked furs and other goods to the Native Americans. They trafficked goods from Maine to Georgia, which then led to the opening of waterways for trade further into the continent. After becoming involved in trade, native power was undermined making them dependent on whites "Turner p.25". Traders quickly turned roads into highways and highways into railroads. The river systems on which traders trafficked goods grew into cities like Albany, Pittsburg, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City. These areas were all later populated by pioneers who opened the agricultural frontier. The agricultural frontier created a farm for Western travelers. Fertile soils, salt springs, mines and military posts were the important center of attraction for farmers. Fertile soil was the main attraction as they could easily start growing produce and sell it to frontiersmen or natives. Settlers made individual pilgrimages east to the salt springs because it was important for food preservation. Turner's farmers conquered a wilderness and expanded what Thomas Jefferson called an Empire of Liberty “White, p.50.” They brought livestock, furs, and ginseng root to exchange for salt. The peasant border was imposed in successive waves. The pioneer wave depended on the natural growth of vegetation and income from hunting. The next group of immigrants or pioneers purchased land to build roads, houses, orchards, and mills to create towns. Eventually, the wave of companies came to sell and take advantage of the real estate boom "Turner p.29". They bought land, built on it, then sold it for profit..