Question

Imagine you are an american who wishes to settle on the frontier (either the great plains or the intermountain west). what would be the key difficulties you would face? how would you, as an individual, or your community handle resolve these difficulties? be sure to identify what type of settler you are and where you are settling. answer

Answer 1

Certain aspects depend on the time period:  present day would differ vastly from the early to late 1800's, for example.
unable to hypothsize without that variable determined.
physical survival would have to be a factor in one of these, not necessarily in the other.