American Experience

1. Do you enjoy hiking or climbing through rough terrain?
Yes Sometimes No

2. Would you take on the mathematical and scientific challenges involved in designing a transcontinental railroad?
Yes Maybe No

3. If you came upon a stranded family heading to California, would you be willing to stop and help them fix their wagon?
Yes Maybe No

4. When sitting around the campfire, would your friends look to you to spin a good story or play some music?
Yes Sometimes No

5. Would you run for mayor in a frontier town?
Yes Maybe No

6. When planning a trip West, would you research and follow published directions for the Overland Trail?
Yes Maybe No

7. If you worked for the Union Pacific, would you be the troubleshooter when a railroad car needed fixing?
Yes Sometimes No

8. If you were tracking an outlaw on the frontier, would you enjoy interviewing townspeople to uncover clues?
Yes Sometimes No

9. When you arrived in a frontier town, would you seek out new friends at the local saloon?
Yes Sometimes No

10. If you had some free time would you go see a traveling musical revue or other entertainment?
Yes Sometimes No

11. As the boss of a mining company, would you be comfortable telling workers what to do?
Yes Sometimes No

12. If your frontier town needed a better water supply, would you enjoy managing the construction of an irrigation system?
Yes Maybe No

13. Would you describe yourself as practical and "down-to-earth"?
Yes Sometimes No

14. If you met some pioneering photographers, would you want to find out how their cameras worked?
Yes Maybe No

15. If you relocated to a Western town, would you make it a high priority to seek new friends there?
Yes Maybe No

16. Would you loan your talents to your town's first-ever Founders' Day celebration by writing, drawing, singing, building, or acting?
Yes Maybe No

17. Do you hope to be as famous as Buffalo Bill or Annie Oakley?
Yes Sometimes No

18. If you chose to pack up and head West, would you first attend to all your local business affairs?
Yes Maybe No