Rock Springs History Chapter 2 -The People

When did the first Native Americans that settled in Rock Springs come?

• 2002-2068

• 1902-1968

• 1602-1698

• 1802 -1868

What are the names of the four Indian tribes that settled near Rock Springs?

• Apache

  Blackfeet

  Utes

  Cheyenne

• Shoshone

  Bannock

  Utes

  Sioux

• Chippewa

  Sioux

  Creek

  Navajo

• Cherokee

  Bannock

  Navajo

  Creek

What does the work Seedskadee mean?

• Prairie Chicken

• Antelope

• Horse

• Rabbit

What did the Indians follow while living on berries, grains, Indian rice grass, and rubber rabbit brush?

• The Lake

• The Path

• The River

• The Dirt Trail

Where did the Indians leave messages and stories carved in stone?

• White Mountain Caves

• White Mountain Petroglyphs

• White Mountain

  Cliffs

• White Mountain

  Summit

Name the 3 trails the pioneers could travel on to reach Wyoming.

• Bridger

  Stansbury

  Old West

• Emigrant

  Spanish

  Santa Fe

• Johnson

  South

  California

• Mormon

  Oregon

  Overland

What is the name of the man who traveled the Overland Trial, mapping out coal seams, because he knew coal would be needed for the new train engines?

• Josh Allen

• Jim Bridger

• Howard Stansbury

• Mark Gordon

Around what year did explorers, fur trappers, mountain men, surveyors, traders, geologists, and adventurers appear in the West?

• 1802

• 1730

• 1950

• 1840

Who is the explorer that built a fort by the Black's Fork River and sold supplies to the emigrants?

• Jim Bridger

• John C. Fremont

• John Wesley Powell

• Howard Stansbury

Who is the explorer that was the first person to discover coal in Rock Springs and Kemmerer?

• Jim Bridger

• John C. Fremont

• John Wesley Powell

• Howard Stansbury