Going west was the dream of many between 1860 and 1900. Imagine yourself as one going west, seeking a better life. Choose the life of an open range cowboy, a gold miner, a homesteader moving from elsewhere in the United States, a settler newly arrived from another country, or a freedman looking for a new life after slavery. What obstacles would you face? What would you look forward to? Do you think you would find your dream of a new life in the west? Write a minimum one half page, since spaced response. Use your creativity and put yourself in the place of that person going west.