What Historical Trail Figure Would You Be?

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  How far from your home do you want to travel?

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    less than 1500 miles
  • B.
    1500-2000 miles
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    2000+ miles
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    I want to stay in my home town.
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  What animal best represents you?

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    Bald Eagle
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    Oxen
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    Pony
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    Owl
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    Beaver
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  What could you eat every day?

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    Biscuits
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    Bacon
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    Corn (Maize)
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    Beef Jerky
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    Fish and wild game
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    Squirrel
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  Which picture is most appealing to you?

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    Answer B
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    Answer C
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    Answer D
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    Answer E
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  If you had to wear one of these fabrics for the rest of your life, which would it be?

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    Answer A
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    Answer E

Quiz Outcomes

• 1.
  Pioneer

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  You would've been a Pioneer on the Oregon Trail! Many people like you left their homes in the mid-west to settle land in the West and create a new life for themselves and their families. They traveled thousands of miles, eating a diet consisting primarily of biscuits and bacon. It was a long, hard journey that required resilient, driven folk.
• 2.
  Pony Rider

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  You would've been a rider on the Pony Express! The Pony Express was the first long-distance, high speed, letter carrying service across the United States. It went 2000 miles from Missouri to California. At any given time, there were around 80 riders traveling, by horse, on the route, taking only 10 days to span all 2000 miles!
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  Trader

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  You would've been a fur trader in the Mountain West! Fur traders could be found in many parts of the west. Depending on what was in demand at the time, they would trade beaver pelts, fox pelts, bear furs, etc. at trading posts along many of the national historic trails. They tended to stay in a regional area, depending on what company they were working for, such as the Hudson's Bay Company. Fur traders could've been European or Spanish immigrants, American citizens, Native Americans or someone of mixed descent.
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  Guide

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  All of the trails were first traveled by American Indians. They led and taught mountain men the pathways through treacherous landscapes. Then the mountain men shared the routes with pioneers and traders. None of the National Historic Trails would have been possible without the aide of these guides.
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  Soldier

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  Soldiers on the national historic trails worked in many capacities and part of many different armies depending on the time period. Spanish Soldiers marched up the El Camino Real as far back as 1590. Confederate and Union Soldiers marched along the El Caminos and Santa Fe as the Civil War moved west, and United States soldiers established various forts that would become trade havens for mountain men, American Indians, and Pioneers moving west.