Name
Age
Location

Response
Anselmo I.
Age: 14
Town: Bayshore, NY
 		 Q1:  What do you think was the most common way settlers traveled across the West in the early 1800s?
 A1:The most common way settlers traveled to the west was by a wagon.

 Q2:   How does this photograph show how transportation in the West began to change at the turn of the century?
 A2:  It changed from wagon to automobile.

 Q3: What do you think a “hide hunter” is, and why do you think white settlers in the West chose to take on this job?
 A3:  A "hide hunter" is someone who would hunt a specific type of animal for tools and other helpful items like food. The white settlers chose to take on this job because they had a limited amount of jobs in the west.

Q4: How did life for white settlers and Native Americans on the Great Plains change in the late 1800s?
 A4: Life for the white settlers get better but things tend to drop to a great extent for the native americans.

 Q5:  How does this photograph show how difficult it was for cowboys to drive cattle to railheads in the American West?
 A5: It was very difficult for the cowboys because the cattle were fast and hard to catch.

Q6: How might this picture show how prices of beef began to change in the late 1800s with overproduction?
 A6:  This picture shows how the overproduction of beef began to change the prices of beef lower.

Douglas
Age: 13
Town: Bayshore, NY

 Q1: What do you think was the most common way settlers traveled across the West in the early 1800s?
 A1: The common way most settlers traveled across the West in the early 1800s was by wagon.

Q2: How does this photograph show how transportation in the West began to change at the turn of the century?
 A2: Transportation in the West began to change at the turn of the century by the invention of the car made by Henry Ford.

 Q3: What do you think a “hide hunter” is, and why do you think white settlers in the West chose to take on this job?
 A3: I think that a "hide hunter" was a person who killed buffalo for sport, they also could have used the buffalo for meat. Q4:How did life for white settlers and Native Americans on the Great Plains change in the late 1800s? A4:The Native Americans were forced to live in reservations by the government, the settlers also killed off all the Native Americans food.

Q5: How does this photograph show how difficult it was for cowboys to drive cattle to railheads in the American West?
 A5:It was difficult for cowboys to drive cattle to railheads in the American West because there were many cattle and only a few cowboys.

 Q6: How might this picture show how prices of beef began to change in the late 1800s with overproduction?
 A6:The price of beef began to change in the late 1800 because the cattle began overpopulated and they needed to get rid of the cattle so the price of beef decreased rapidly.
Name: Barbara

Age:
 

Location: Rochester, NY

 Q1: What do you think was the most common way settlers traveled across the West in the early 1800s?
A1:Most of the settlers use wagon trains to transport themselves and their belongings.

 Q2: How does this photograph show how transportation in the West began to change at the turn of the century?
A2: Shifting from wagon trains to Ford T-model had resulted in convenient travel.

 Q3: What do you think a “hide hunter” is, and why do you think white settlers in the West chose to take on this job?
 A3: The hide hunter is a buffalo killer who attacked them as they were game animals. They took on this job since it was considered fun and pleasant like shooting a bull's eye.

Q4: How did life for white settlers and Native Americans on the Great Plains change in the late 1800s?
A4: As white settlers increasingly consume Native American's land and resources, it caused a great deal of conflict leading to the treaties made by the U.S. government that ordered them to move to reservations.

 Q5: How does this photograph show how difficult it was for cowboys to drive cattle to railheads in the American West?
A5:The cattle need to go through a variety of terrain to travel to railheads. The challenge is to keep them together and direct them to designated places.

 Q6: How might this picture show how prices of beef began to change in the late 1800s with overproduction?
 A6: Surplus of beef forced the cattle ranchers to decrease the cost that may eventually lead to bankruptcy.
Frankie
Age: 13
Town: Pt. Jeff. Sta., NY		 Q1: What do you think was the most common way settlers traveled across the West in the early 1800s?
 A1: I think most settlers traveled across the west in the early 1800's by a wagon led by oxen.

 Q2: How does this photograph show how transportation in the West began to change at the turn of the century?
A2: It showed that cars and other transportation was starting to outbreak because you see the car. The car was a very efficient way to travel and was much faster then the oxen.

 Q3: What do you think a “hide hunter” is, and why do you think white settlers in the West chose to take on this job?
 A3: I believe a hide hunter is someone who kills animals for food, clothes, and shelter

 Q4: How did life for white settlers and Native Americans on the Great Plains change in the late 1800s?
 A4:

Q5: How does this photograph show how difficult it was for cowboys to drive cattle to railheads in the American West?
 A5: This photograph shows that it was extremely hard for 1 cowboy to drive all that cattle from place to place.  Cowboys had much training for this job

Q6: How might this picture show how prices of beef began to change in the late 1800s with overproduction?
A6: The prices of the beef decreased because there too much supply and not enough demand