Robbie's great grandfather was one of the first pioneers to settle on a farm in Saskatchewan.
A lot of pioneers from Eastern Europe came to America to take up farming on the plains around the turn of the century.
During the early 1800s pioneers began claiming fertile areas of land
beyond the Mississippi River.
One of the first things the pioneers did when they got to their new homes in the American west was buy land.
Some of today's young people will become the pioneers of the future in the field of science or computers.
As the pioneers travelled west,
they often ran into Indians.
The General Hospital is pioneering a new treatment for the illness.
Because they often had no doctors, pioneers had to learn how to use plants to make their own medicines.
Many important medical discoveries have been discovered through the
pioneering work of doctors at this hospital.
He has won a number of awards for his pioneering research in how babies learn language.
The university is pioneering a wonderful new vocabulary development program in its ESL courses.
Paula Nelson once suggested that going into business for yourself, becoming an entrepreneur, is the modern-day equivalent of pioneering on the old frontier.
Thomas Watson once noted that once an organization loses its spirit of pioneering and rests on its early work, its progress stops.
Nancy Astor once noted that pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.
Discussion question: Talk about what kind of character you think is required in order to become a pioneer in one's field.