pioneer

ancient, early, primal, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primordial

antecedent, preceding, previous

explorer, pathfinder, trailblazer

bushranger, mountain man, woodsman

author, father, originate

conceive, concoct, contrive, cook (up), create, devise, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture, produce, think (up)

construct, put up

develop, enlarge, expand

endow, finance, fund, subsidize

arrange, organize, systematize