He strongly promoted western settlement and invoked this theory as one of his reasons for people to migrate west.

However, Champion wasn't the only western settlement claiming to be the city of the future, and its population peaked at around 650 people.

The period of western settlement was one of the most prosperous in Canadian history.

The railroad settled the issue when it laid tracks near the western settlement.

Weston meaning 'western settlement' in Old English, is a common place name.

Towards the end of the 4th century, a fort was built at the western settlement.

Until then, Plattsburg was one of the farthest western non-military settlements.

Sunbury's history dates to 1724 when it was the most western settlement in Pennsylvania.

The western settlement came to be known as Summer Camp.

It was during this time that Hardin moved his family to the western settlements for safe keeping.