Horace Greeley

In 1865 at the end of the US Civil War New York journalist Horace Greeley popularized the expression, “”Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.”

John Babsone Soulé

Go west, young man, and watch the country grow,' wrote Terre Haute Express reporter John Babsone Soulé in 1851.

New York newspaper magnate Horace Greeley

Unlike the camps of yesteryear, yesteryear is not a time to work oneself... New York newspaper magnate Horace Greeley coined the phrase “Go West, young man,” as a call to action for those seeking to tap into the untold opportunities in the new frontier...

to Horace Greeley

“Go West, young man, go West and grow up with the country,” has been attributed to Horace Greeley by so many, for so long, that the country’s almost as if Horace Greeley actually said these words.

HORACE GREELEY (1811-1872),

HORACE GREELEY (1811-1872), the 19th century journalist now best remembered for urging young people to 'Go west, young man,' also was a powerful publisher, reformer, Presidential candidate and advocate for African-Americans, women and the poor, a living embodiment of ideals embraced by Pace University two centuries later.

Newspaper magnate Horace Greeley

When Newspaper magnate Horace Greeley said those famous, often quoted words, 'Go West, young man,' Newspaper magnate Horace Greeley was actually referring to the Keweenaw Peninsula, which was the undeveloped west at that time, and was the land of opportunity for young men and immigrants seeking their fortunes.

The advice, famously credited to Horace Greeley

The advice, famously credited to Horace Greeley, for young men to go West was a call to adventure.

John B. L. Soule

Whole families — not just young males — had responded with elan to Indiana editor John B. L. Soule’s admonition of 1856: “Go west, young man, and grow up with the country.”

author and newspaper editor Horace Greely

“Go west young man” said author and newspaper editor Horace Greely as America expanded to the West to find riches.

Horace Greeley was credited with telling young men to go West

In the 19th century, Horace Greeley was credited with telling young men to go West.

newspaper editor Horace Greeley

In the 1850s, newspaper editor Horace Greeley coined the phrase “Go West, young man” and some 160 years later the struggling Yankees took Rodriguez's advice on a road trip to Oakland.

Who gave us the phrase Go West Young Man

Who gave us the phrase Go West Young Man?

Horace Greenley

‘Go West, young man’ is a quote from Horace Greenley concerning America’s expansion westward, related to the then popular concept of Manifest Destiny.

Eminent domain in the United States Thomas Hart Benton—Missouri senator, proponent of western expansion Stephen A. Douglas—prominent spokesman of "Young America" Horace Greeley—

See also Eminent domain in the United States Thomas Hart Benton—Missouri senator, proponent of western expansion Stephen A. Douglas—prominent spokesman of "Young America" Horace Greeley—popularized the phrase "Go West, young man."

John Babsone Lane Soule in an 1851 editorial in the Terre Haute Express

John Babsone Lane Soule in an 1851 editorial in the Terre Haute Express, offered the phrase: 'Go west young man, and grow up with the country.'

the phrase: ' Go west young man, and grow up with the country

John Babsone Lane Soule in an 1851 editorial in the Terre Haute Express, offered the phrase: 'Go west young man, and grow up with the country.'

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the now epochal sentence' , Go West Young Man

In 1851, writer John Babsone Lane Soule wrote the now epochal sentence, 'Go West Young Man.'

J.B. Grinnell , founder of both the town and college,

J.B. Grinnell, founder of both the town and college, was the recipient of Horace Greeley's advice, 'Go west, young man.'

by John Soule

“Go West, young man,” a phrase popularly credited to Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, was actually said by John Soule, a newspaper reporter from Indiana.