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Rock Springs History From a Coal Camp to a City Chapter 10

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first mayor of Rock Springs?

a)

Duncan Blair

b)

Timothy Kaumo

c)

William O'Donnell

d)

Keith West

2.

What was the name of the first street in Rock Springs?

a)

South Front Street

b)

North Front Street

c)

Main Street

d)

Dewar Drive

3.

What was the name of the first store on South Front Street?

a)

JcPenny's

b)

Union Pacific Store

c)

The Rock Mercantile

d)

Beckwith-Quinn Store

4.

What store advertised that you could buy anything from a needle to an anchor?

a)

Beckwith-Quinn

Store

b)

The Rock Mercantile

c)

The Stockgrower's Mercantile

d)

JcPenney's

5.

What year was the Rock Springs Coal sign turned on for the first time?

a)

1839

b)

1929

c)

1879

d)

1959

6.

What streets did people prefer to live on in the early 1900s?

a)

North Main St.

South Main St.

Ludvig St.

B St.

b)

A St.

B St.

C St.

D St.

c)

North Front St.

South Front St.

A St.

B St.

d)

Main St.

South Front St.

Wyoming St.

Dewar Dr.

7.

What was opened on June 21, 1931, and was the busiest place in the city?,

a)

Beckwith-Quinn Store

b)

Carnegie Library

c)

City Hall

d)

Federal Post Office

8.

What year was the Park Hotel built?

a)

1915

b)

1890

c)

1982

d)

1710

9.

Who donated the first library?

a)

The Union Pacific

b)

Tom Kinney

c)

The Beckwith-Quinn Store

d)

Andrew Carnegie

10.

Where was the first firehouse located?

a)

A small office inside the Post Office

b)

A two story building on North Front Street

c)

Inside City Hall

d)

A small shed on the corner of 5th St. and K St.

11.

What year did Rock Springs buy its first fire truck?

a)

1916

b)

1891

c)

1934

d)

1826

12.

Who was the first town constable in 1878?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

John Park

c)

William O'Donnell

d)

Barney McCabe

13.

Plans were made in 1910 to build which schools?

a)

North Park

Eastside

Sage

b)

Lowell

Roosevelt

Yellowstone

c)

Walnut

Overland

Lincoln

d)

Desert View

Westridge

Stage Coach

14.

What year did St. Cyril and Methodius Catholic School open?

a)

1892

b)

1928

c)

1843

d)

1951

15.

What is the name of Back Street Now?

a)

Broadway

b)

North Front

c)

South Front

d)

Dewar