Media The Frontier: A Frontier Town Three Months Old by Ward Platt – 1908 book on the real West. Free to read and full-text search. 161 photographs of frontier geography and personalities; these are pre-1923 and out of copyright 18th century in the United States 1959 disestablishments in the United States 19th century in the United States 20th century in the United States American folklore Culture of the Western United States History of United States expansionism Western United States Frontier