Ahh, yes, the lone, self-reliant pioneer- a Howard Roark iconoclast with a Colt single army action revolver and a stetson hat- with his dependent family in tow, conquering the American West by sheer personal determination and grit!

Let's conveniently ignore the huge amount of government subsidized financial and infrastructure support, not to mention the forced displacement of indigenous tribes by masses of government-salaried soldiers carrying mass-produced weaponry manufactured by masses of poor immigrants back east.

BTW, organized collective actions (like barn raising, for example) are communist!!!!!!